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Laborda, M.
to
Lewis, W.F.H.

Lilley, R.H.
to
Lyver, G.D.D'E.

 
M. Laborda  to  W.F.H. Lewis
Laborda,
Maurice
M. Laborda
19.07.1919
-
18.03.2003
USA
Paym.Midsh.. 01.01.1938
A/Paym.S.Lt. 01.01.1940
Paym.S.Lt. 07.05.1940, seniority 01.10.1939
Lt. (S) 01.06.1941
Lt.Cdr. (S) 01.06.1949
Cdr. (S) 31.12.1955 (retd 15.12.1970; own request)
... - ... ...
05.1943 - (10.1944) Captain's Secretary, HMS Troubridge (T class destroyer)
(01.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
... - ... ...
Laborde,
Crichton Felix
C.F. Laborde (Photo courtesy of Mr Tony Allan)
Son of Cdr. Maximin Horace William Laborde, RN (1853-1931), and Margaret Learmonth (1861-1916).
Married (11.11.1923, Bombay, India) Elizabeth Temple "Betty" McMurrich (12.11.1900 - 05.08.1981), daughter of John Dewar McMurrich (1874-1917), and Evelyn Louise Temple (1873-1960); one daughter (Elizabeth Yvonne Laborde, who married Capt. James Harwood Basil Allan, RM).

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27.10.1894
Louth district, Lincolnshire
-
27.01.1983
Pembury Hospital, Tunbridge Wells district, Kent
Asst.Clerk 15.07.1912
Clerk 15.07.1913
Asst.Paym. = Paym.S.Lt. 15.01.1916
Paym.Lt. 15.10.1917 (retd 1920)
A/Paym.Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.10.1925
Paym.Lt.Cdr. (retd) 04.1941, seniority 27.11.1939
A/Paym.Cdr. = A/Cdr. (S) (retd) > 08.1943, < 10.1943
A/Capt. (S) (retd) 23.05.1945? (reverted to retd 01.04.1946)
... - ... ...
27.08.1939 - (06.)1941 HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for Madras -- Naval Control Service)
06.1941 - (04.)1945 HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) (for duty at Trincomalee)
23.05.1945 - (07.)1945 Base Supply Officer, Trincomalee [HMS Highflyer (RN base, Trincomalee)]
(10.1945)     no appointment listed
Lacayo,
Mark Anthony
M.A. Lacayo (© Imperial War Museum (A 6984)) M.A. Lacayo (Photo courtesy of Mr Iain Lacayo)

Son (with two sisters) of Marcos Antonio Lacayo (1898-1946), and Leonora Martinez (1899-1972).
Married ...; ... children.
(06?).1921
Bucklow district, Cheshire
-
13.04.2000
Midsh. (A) 01.07.1939
A/S.Lt. (A) 20.01.1941
S.Lt. (A) 10.10.1942, seniority 01.04.1942
Lt. (A) 20.07.1943 (Emgcy List 03.07.1946)
A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 10.03.1945?
Lt. 18.04.1951, seniority 26.02.1948
Lt.Cdr. 26.02.1956 (retd 27.02.1958)
Mention in Despatches MID 19.05.1942 operations in Northern Waters 22.02.1942
(08.1939) - (09./1939) no appointment listed
(12.1939) - (05.1940) Fleet Air Arm [no appointment specified]
(06.1940)     no appointment listed
(08.1940)     Fleet Air Arm course *
25.09.1940 - (02.)1941 pilot, 825 Squadron FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)]
15.03.1941 - (08.)1941 pilot, 817 Squadron FAA [HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife)]
08.08.1941 - (12.)1942 pilot, 817 Squadron FAA [HMS Victorious] (despatches)
08.12.1942 - (06.)1943 pilot, 768 Squadron FAA [HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire)]
20.07.1943 - (12.1943) pilot, 768 Squadron FAA [HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire)]
(02.1944)     820 Squadron FAA *
01.03.1944 - (01.)1945 pilot, 828 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent), from 08.1944 HMS Implacable (Implacable class aircraft carrier)]
10.03.1945 - 23.08.1945 Commanding Officer, 817 Squadron FAA [HMS Merganser (RN Air Station, Rattray, Aberdeenshire)], from late 04.1945 HMS Owl (RN Air Station, Fearn, Ross-shire)]
01.10.1945 - (10.1945) [Commanding Officer?], 778 Squadron FAA [HMS Siskin (RN Air Station, Gosport)]
03.01.1946 - (07.)1946 Commanding Officer, 778 Squadron FAA [HMS Peregrine (RN Air Station, Ford, Sussex)]
18.04.1951     short service commission in Executive Branch, RN
... - ... ...
* indexed, but not listed as such
Lacey,
Alfred Ernest
A.E. Lacey

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03.04.1885
Portsmouth, Hampshire
-
27.06.1968
... ...
Lt. (retd) 03.04.1935
Lt.Cdr. (retd) ?
... ...
... - ... ...
(07.1945)     HMS Victory
... - ... ...
Lacey,
Denis William
D.W. Lacey

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03.09.1904
Barrow upon Soar
-
03.01.1988
Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire
... ...
Sen. Mr. 07.02.1945
... ...
Instr.Cdr. ? (retd 03.09.1959)
Education: BSc.
... - ... ...
(07.1945)     HMS Cochrane
... - ... ...
Lacey,
Frederick
F. Lacey

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11.06.1902
-
01.1987
Plymouth district, Devon
... ...
T/A/Sign.Boatsw. 29.01.1945
... ...
... - ... ...
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
... - ... ...
Lacey,
Herbert Ernest
H.E. Lacey
?
-
?
... ...
T/Meth. Chapl. 18.11.1941
... ...
... - ... ...
(07.1945)     HMS Royal Arthur
... - ... ...
Lacy,
Alexander Dacre
A.D. Lacy (Photo courtesy of Mr Steve Cookson)
Elder son of Capt. Saumarez Dacre Lacy, RN, and Mrs Lacy, of Wayside, Bagshot.
Married (06.10.1927, St John's, Old Coulsdon, Croydon district, Surrey) Katherine Margaret Anne Goodenough, elder daughter of Adm. Sir William Edmund Goodenough, and Hon. Henrietta Margaret Stanley; three daughters.

Record AVAILABLE upon request.

Record AVAILABLE upon request.

06.05.1894
Weymouth district, Dorset
-

03.07.1969
Farningham, Kent
Midsh. 15.09.1911
A/S.Lt. 15.01.1914
S.Lt. 15.11.1914
A/Lt. 15.05.1916
Lt. 15.06.1916
?, seniority 15.05.1916
Lt.Cdr. 15.05.1924 (retd 06.05.1937; own request)
Cdr. (retd) 06.05.1937 (dispersed 01.09.1945) (reverted to retd 10.12.1945)
Officier, Légion d'Honneur (France) LegH ? ?
15.01.1907     entered RN
... - ... ...
27.09.1939 - 23.07.1940 HMS Spartiate (RN base, Glasgow) (additional; for fitting out duties)
26.07.1940 - 19.01.1941 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty)] (for liaison duties with French mission)
20.01.1941 - 12.02.1942 Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty [HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty)] (on staff of General Spears for liaison duties with Free French Forces)
13.02.1942 - 20.04.1942 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (additional; not to join)
21.04.1942 - 31.08.1945 HMS Saker (British Admiralty Delegation, Washington, DC, USA) (for Naval Ordnance)
Laidlaw,
Denis William
D.W. Laidlaw D.W. Laidlaw (© Imperial War Museum (A 28032))
21.01.1917
-
T/Lt. (E) 21.01.1942
Mention in Despatches MID 24.07.1945 escape as POW in Italy
... - ... ...
01.1941 - (06.1942) HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)
      POW in Italy (escaped)
... - ... ...
Laing,
Michael Bryan
M.B. Laing
Son of Bryan Laing (1875-1941), iron shipbuilder, and Eleanor Leather (c. 1870-c. 1946).

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14.09.1901
Sunderland, Durham
-
03.01.1978
Therfield, Royston, Hertfordshire
Midsh. 15.09.1917
A/S.Lt. ?
S.Lt. 15.09.1921
A/Lt. 15.04.1923
Lt. 03.10.1923, seniority 15.04.1923
Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1931
Cdr. 30.06.1936
Capt. 30.06.1943 (retd 08.07.1952)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 1945 [investiture 02.11.1948]
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE 01.01.1942 New Year 1942 [investiture 07.12.1943]
Mention in Despatches MID 23.01.1945 planning amphibious operations Sicily & Southern France
Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur (France) LegH ? landings south coast of France 08.1944
Education: RN College, Osborne (05.1915).
09.1917 - 05.1919 HMS Lord Nelson (battleship)
15.04.1923 - (08.1923) HMS Wolfhound (torpedo-boat destroyer)
15.04.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Whitshed (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
(05.1926)     no appointment listed
30.12.1926 - (07.)1927 qualifying for gunnery duties, RN College, Greenwich [HMS Excellent]
15.08.1927 - (05.)1928 qualifying for gunnery duties [HMS Excellent]
(06.1928)     no appointment listed
05.07.1929 - (04.)1930 Assistant Gunnery Officer, HMS Repulse (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet)
01.08.1930 - (01.)1932 Flotilla Gunnery Officer, 2nd Destroyer Flotilla [HMS Stuart (flotilla leader)] (Mediterranean)
01.07.1932 - (07.)1934 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
24.07.1934 - (08.1936) Gunnery Officer, HMS Norfolk (cruiser) & as Fleet Gunnery Officer, East Indies
21.01.1937 - (08.)1938 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
26.09.1938 - 1938 tactical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
(10.1938)     no appointment listed
10.01.1939 - 17.07.1939 staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
18.07.1939 - (09.)1939 Staff Officer (Operations) to Vice-Admiral Commanding Reserve Fleet [HMS Effingham (cruiser)] (Portsmouth)
18.09.1939 - (04.)1940 on staff of Vice-Admiral Commanding Northern Patrol [HMS Pyramus (RN base, Kirkwall)]
17.07.1940 - (02.1941) Executive Officer, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)
01.04.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Saker (British Naval Mission to Washington, DC):
RN Liaison Officer aboard the US carrier Yorktown (Battle of Midway)
(10.1943) - (12.1943) no appointment listed
31.12.1943 - (06.)1944 Deputy Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Hannibal]
01.08.1944 - (07.1945) Deputy Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Byrsa]
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
01.07.1946 - 02.1948 Commanding Officer, HMNZS Bellona (light cruiser)
(07.1948)     no appointment listed
13.09.1948 - (05.1949) Commanding Officer, HMS Unicorn (aircraft maintenance ship)
01.1950 - 1950 senior officers' technical course
(05.1950)     no appointment listed
Lake,
Sir Atwell Henry
9th Baronet, cr. 1711
A.H. Lake (Photo courtesy of Pat Fielding) A.H. Lake
A.H. Lake A.H. Lake
One of three sons of Adm. Atwell Peregrine Macleod Lake (1842-1915), and Constance Mary Turner.
Succeeded cousin, 1924.
Married (20.07.1922, Parish Church, Paddington, London) Kathleen Marion Turner, daughter of Alfred Morrison Turner, Broughton, West Derby, Liverpool; three sons.

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13.02.1891
Greenwich district, Greater London
-
27.11.1972
Rudgwick, Sussex
Midsh. 15.09.1908
A/S.Lt. 28.11.1911
S.Lt. 30.12.1911
Lt. 30.12.1913
Lt.Cdr. 30.12.1921
Cdr. 30.06.1927
Capt. 31.05.1932 (retd 28.07.1942)
Cdre. 2nd cl. 29.06.1941 (dispersed 24.10.1945) (reverted to retd 20.12.1945)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 01.01.1945 New Year 1945 [investiture 26.03.1946]
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE 16.09.1919

for valuable services in HMS Lion, Battle Cruiser Force

Commander of the Legion of Merit (US) LM 19.03.1946 CNS NZ 05.1942-04.1945
15.01.1904     entered RN
1914 - 1918 served European War
? - (01.1919) HMS Lion (battlecruiser) (Battle of Jutland)
22.08.1921 - (08.1923) HMS Ganges (Shotley training establishment) (in lieu of Gunnery Lieutenant)
04.01.1924 - (02.)1927 HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean)
(07.1927)     no appointment listed
05.04.1928 - (04.)1930 HMS Victory (for training duties)
25.07.1930 - (01.)1932 HMS Nelson (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)
(09.1932)     no appointment listed
13.03.1933 - (06.1933) senior officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President]
(01.1934)     no appointment listed
07.05.1934 - (08.)1934 course at Senior Officers' School, Sheerness [HMS President]
(11.1934) - (02.1935) no appointment listed
05.1935 - (02.)1936 Commanding Officer, HMS Milford (sloop) (Africa)
(08.1936)     no appointment listed
15.10.1936 - (02.)1937 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services)
23.04.1937 - (02.)1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Caledonia (boys' training ship, Rosyth)
20.03.1939 - (04.)1939 senior officers' war course, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President]
18.05.1939 - 04.11.1941 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief,
Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth)]
12.12.1941 - 11.01.1942 HMS Victory IV (additional; whilst unemployed)
12.01.1942 - 25.01.1942 HMS President (additional; for temporary duty inside Admiralty with Director of Naval Intelligence)
01.02.1942 - 12.07.1945 lent to New Zealand Government:
06.02.1942 - 28.07.1942 also: Naval ADC to the King
10.04.1942     arrived in Wellington, having travelled by way of the United States
16.06.1942 - 12.07.1945 Chief of Naval Staff, New Zealand, and First Member of Naval Board
13.07.1945 - 24.10.1945 HMS President (additional; on reversion to RN & for release)
Formerly ADC to King George VI.
Lake,
Henry Neville
H.N. Lake (Imperial War Museum  © IWM (A 25742)) H.N. Lake (© Imperial War Museum (A 29197))
H.N. Lake
Son (with twelve siblings) of Edward William Lake (1852-1908), managing director of a brewery, and Blanche Frampton Dewe (1857-1913).
Married (21.10.1924, British Episcopal Church, Foochow, China) Florence May Walsham (15.08.1900 - 07.05.1985); two sons.

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20.02.1893
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
-
13.12.1979
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Midsh. 15.09.1910
A/S.Lt. 15.01.1913
S.Lt. 15.09.1913
Lt. 15.04.1915
Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1923
Cdr. 31.12.1927 (retd 08.04.1937; own request)
Capt. (retd) 20.02.1938 (dispersed 31.08.1945) (reld 26.10.1945) (reverted to retd 27.10.1945)
A/Capt. 10.11.1939-31.07.1940 & 04.12.1940-31.08.1945
Distinguished Service Order DSO 15.02.1919 for services in action with enemy submarines
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 19.12.1917 for services in action with enemy submarines
15.01.1906     entered RN
... - ... ...
13.11.1939 - 31.07.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Forfar (armed merchant cruiser)
01.08.1940 - 30.08.1940 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (additional; not to join)
31.08.1940 - 03.12.1940 HMS President (Admiralty) (additional; for duty outside Admiralty with Director of Anti-Submarine Warfare (temporarily))
04.12.1940 - 16.02.1941 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (additional; on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches)
17.02.1941 - 14.08.1945 Duty Captain on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)]
15.08.1945 - 31.08.1945 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (additional; for Class "A" release)
Lakin,
Richard Barklie
R.B. Lakin R.B. Lakin
Son of ... Lakin, and ... McCalmont.
From Bampton, Oxfordshire.
Married 1st (1936) Pamela "Pam" Jackson-Taylor (died 1981); three sons, three daughters.
Married 2nd Pansy Phillips (predeceased him).

08.10.1914
Warwick district, Warwickshire
-
01.03.2011
Cadet
01.01.1932
Midsh.
01.09.1932
A/S.Lt.
01.01.1935
S.Lt. 
01.09.1935
Lt.
01.11.1937
?, seniority 01.11.1936
A/Lt.Cdr.
09.04.1944?
Lt.Cdr.
01.11.1944 (retd 13.11.1946)
Distinguished Service Order DSO 09.03.1943 [Folboats Msn?] & Operation Torch
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 09.07.1941 patrols torpedoed 4 transports 02-03.1941
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 12.10.1943 4 war patrols Mediterranean
Mention in Despatches MID 01.01.1940 New Year 1940
Officer of the Legion of Merit (US) LM 24.10.1944 attack on Sicily
21.01.1932
-
(01.1934)
HMS Sussex (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
03.01.1935
-
(07.)1935
promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
02.09.1935
-
(02.)1936
promotion course, Portsmouth
28.09.1936
-
(02.)1938
HMS Narwhal (submarine) (2nd Submarine Flotilla)
23.05.1938
-
(08.)1939
HMS Ursula (submarine) (6th Submarine Flotilla)
09.1939
-
(04.)1940
First Lieutenant, HMS H 32 (submarine)



HMS Unrest (submarine)
07.11.1940
-
(02.)1941
First Lieutenant, HMS Utmost (submarine)
11.08.1941
-
(12.1941)
HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines)
06.03.1942
-
(02.)1943
Navigating Officer [later CO?], HMS Ursula (submarine)
27.04.1943
-
(10.)1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Safari (submarine)
11.11.1943
-
(04.)1944
HMS Wolfe (submarine depot ship) (Clyde)
09.04.1944
-
(06.1944)
HMS Saker (RN base, Washington, DC, USA)
01.1946
-
(04.)1946
Assistant Naval Liaison Officer in the US Pacific Fleet [HMS Golden Hind (RN base, Sydney)]
Lamb,
Charles Bentall
C.B. Lamb
Son of Arthur Lamb and Violet Aubrey Bentall.
Married (20.09.1939) Josephine Frances Elgar; two sons.
11.04.1914
Bolton, Lancashire
-
28.05.1981
Salisbury, Wiltshire
RNR:
 
Prob. Midsh.
31.03.1933
Midsh.
?, seniority 31.03.1933 (reld 23.12.1935)
RAF:
 
Act. P/O (prob.)
23.12.1935 (reld 23.05.1938)
RN:
 
S.Lt. (A)
13.06.1938, seniority 28.10.1936
Lt. (A)
28.10.1938
?, seniority 28.06.1938
?, seniority 28.06.1937

A/Lt.Cdr. (A)
06.02.1944?
Lt.Cdr.
01.08.1945, seniority 28.06.1944
Cdr.
31.12.1949 (retd 29.07.1958)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
20.01.1942
for operations from Malta
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
02.12.1941
attacks on Albania
Mention in Despatches MID
20.05.1941
attack on Taranto 11.11.1940
Apprentice sailor, Clan Line Steamers, 1930-1934.
31.03.1933


joined RNR
09.12.1933
-
(01.1934)
HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet /  West Indies) (for 4 months' training)
23.12.1935


commissioned, Royal Air Force [short service commission]
23.05.1938


transferred to the Air Branch of the Royal Navy
(08.1938)
-
(10.1938)
short course of instruction
(02.1939)


short course of instruction
27.02.1939
-
(04.)1939
TSR Squadron 822 [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet)]
(08.1939)
-
(09.1939)
Fleet Air Arm
24.11.1939
-
(02.)1941
pilot, 815 Squadron FAA [HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)] (took part in Taranto attack, 11.1940)
1941
-
17.09.1941
pilot, 830 Squadron FAA [RN Air Station, Hal Far [HMS St Angelo]]
[on a secret mission to drop a secret agent in Tunisia, the aircraft nosed up in a dry salt lake & crew was captured]
17.09.1941
-
1943?
POW in French captivity
03.1943
-
04.1943
[CO?] 842 Squadron FAA
24.04.1943
-
(12.1943)
pilot, 781 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)]
06.02.1944
-
(04.)1944
Lieutenant-Commander (Flying), HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier)
13.05.1944
-
(10.1944)
Lieutenant-Commander (Flying), HMS Indefatigable (aircraft carrier)
08.01.1945
-
(07.1945)
Lieutenant-Commander (Flying), HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier)
01.08.1945


transferred to the Executive Branch, RN
(04.1946)


no appointment listed
15.03.1948
-
(07.)1948
staff, Flag Officer (Air) (Home) [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)]
15.11.1948
-
(05.1949)
HMS Implacable (aircraft carrier)
25.01.1950
-
(05.1950)
HMS Fulmar (RN Air Station, Lossiemouth)
07.03.1952
-
(05.)1953
Commanding Officer, HMS Welcome (fishery protection vessel)
23.10.1953
-
(04.)1955
Commander (General Training) and Staff Officer (Flying) to Flag Officer Ground Training [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent)]
26.09.1955
-
(01.)1956
HMS President (miscellaneous duties)
22.05.1956
-
(01.1957)
HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton, Somerset)
Assistant Commandant, Joint School of Warfare (Old Sarum),1956-1958. Lecturer in finance, RN College, 1958-1973. Founded & managed the White Ensign Association, 1958-1973.
Published
: War in a stringbag (1977; wartime memoirs)
Lamb,
Lawrence
L. Lamb
 
(03?).1920
Wandsworth district, London
-
05.04.2008
St Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth [aged 88]
Sea. ? [D/JX 145980]
A/Ldg.Sea. (1941)
A/S.Lt. 01.01.1944
S.Lt. 06.1944, seniority 01.01.1944
Lt. 20.03.1945, seniority 01.09.1944
Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1952 (retd 19.02.1970)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division)

MBE

01.01.1967 New Year 1967 [investiture 12.11.1968]
Distinguished Service Medal DSM 03.06.1941 withdrawal from Greece in connection with landing craft movements [investiture 18.05.1943]
(1941)     HMS Glenearn (troop ship)
(04.1944) - (06.1944) no appointment listed
11.06.1944 - (01.)1945 HMS Bellona (light cruiser)
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
(04.1946)     HMS Lanka II (accounting base, Ceylon) *
... - ... ...
(1966)     on loan to Royal Mayasian Navy (MBE)
Lamb,
Thomas Walter
T.W. Lamb (Photo courtesy of Mr Andrew Duvenhage)
Son of Thomas S. Lamb, and Beatrice Isabella Watts (1892-).
Married (05.11.1942, Newcastle upon Tyne district, Northumberland) Joice Thompson ((03?).1922 - ), daughter of Capt. Frank Thompson, Merchant Navy, and Beatrice Mary Graham; one daughter.
22.03.1915
Tynemouth district, Northumberland
-
08.10.1996
RAF:  
(A) P/O (prob) 04.05.1936
P/O 12.03.1937
(A) F/O 20.05.1938
F/O 12.09.1938 (reld 19.09.1938)
RN:  
S.Lt. (A) 06.08.1938, seniority 12.03.1937
Lt. (A) ?, seniority 12.09.1938
A/Lt.Cdr. (A) > 10.1944, < 01.1945 [acting rank]
A/Lt.Cdr. (A) 01.11.1945 [appointed rank]
Lt.Cdr. (A) 12.09.1946
Cdr. 30.06.1949 (retd 30.06.1965)
A/Capt. 15.10.1959
Hon. Capt. 30.06.1965
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Atlantic Star Atl St - & clasp France and Germany
Africa Star Afr St - -
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Coronation Medal 1953 Cor M - -
04.05.1936     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission]
04.05.1936     RAF Depot Uxbridge
25.12.1936     139 (Bomber) Squadron RAF (Wyton)
08.03.1937     44 (Bomber) Squadron RAF (Wyton)
06.08.1938     transferred, Royal Navy (Air Branch)
(10.1938)     short course of instruction
28.11.1938 - (04.)1939 Fleet Air Arm, HMS Argus (aircraft carrier) (Portsmouth)
(08.1939) - (09.1939) Fleet Air Arm
18.03.1940 - (04.)1940 Naval Air Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
24.04.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier) (for pilot duties, and for armament duties)
17.11.1941 - (08.1942) HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire) (for pilot duties, and for armament duties)
02.1943 - (06.)1943 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
28.06.1943 - (01.)1945 HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) (additional; for various services)
14.05.1945 - (10.1947) Admiralty [HMS President] (for duty at Ministry of Aircraft Production, later Ministry of Supply)
(07.1948)     HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) *
(05.1949)     no appointment listed
15.03.1950 - (05.1950) HMS Illustrious
26.02.1952 - (05.1953) HMS Curlew (RN Air Station, St Merryn, nr Padstow, Cornwall)
(07.1954) - (01.1957) Admiralty [HMS President] *
29.05.1957 - (01.1959) Staff Officer (Plans) to Commander Gibraltar, Mediterranean, NATO
15.10.1959 - (02.1964) Assistant Director (Air Armament), Department of the Director-General, Aircraft, Admiralty [HMS President]
Lamb,
William John
W.J. Lamb (© Getty Images, Credit: William Vanderson / Stringer, Editorial #: 640640303, Collection: Hulton Archive, Date created: 29 January, 1947)

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26.12.1906
-
02.05.1993
Brockenhurst, New Forest district, Hampshire
Midsh. 15.01.1925
A/S.Lt. 01.05.1927
S.Lt. ?
Lt. 01.12.1928
Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1936
Cdr. 30.06.1941
Capt. 31.12.1947 (retd 07.01.1957)
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order CVO 12.06.1947 HM's birthday 1947 [investiture 25.06.1947]
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division)

OBE

10.10.1944 ? [investiture 27.02.1945]
15.09.1920     commissioned RN
... - ... ...
09.1943 - (02.)1944 Fleet Gunnery Officer on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)] (OBE)
(04.1944) - (10.1944) Admiralty [HMS President] *
... - ... ...
?     HMS Vanguard (CVO)
... - ... ...
* indexed, but not listed as such
Lambe,
[Sir] Charles Edward
C.E. Lambe (© Imperial War Museum (A 28076)) C.E. Lambe (© Imperial War Museum (A 28073))
C.E. Lambe (Photo courtesy of Mrs Anne Randall) C.E. Lambe
Only son of late Henry Edward Lambe and late Lady Lambe of Grove House, Semley, Shaftesbury, Dorset.
Married (1940) Lesbia Rachel Corbet (27.01.1905 - 25.07.1990), formerly wife of Cdr. Victor Ivor Henry Mylius, RN, and daughter (with two brothers) of Sir Walter Orlando Corbet, 4th Bt. (1856-1910), and Caroline Douglas Stewart (?-1921),; one son, one daughter.

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20.12.1900
Camberwell, London
-
29.08.1960
[Newport, Fife / London ?]
Cadet
1914
Midsh.
17.08.1917
A/Lt.
15.01.1923
Lt.
?, seniority 15.02.1922
Lt.Cdr.
15.02.1930
Cdr.
30.06.1933
Capt.
31.12.1937
A/R.Adm.
29.08.1945?
R.Adm.
08.07.1947
V.Adm.
01.12.1950
Adm.
30.03.1954
Adm. of the Fleet
10.05.1960
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath GCB
13.06.1957
HM's birthday 1957
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
01.01.1953
New Year 1953
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
01.01.1944
New Year 1944
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order CVO
28.09.1938
?
Mention in Despatches MID
11.07.1940
HM's birthday 1940
Mention in Despatches MID
01.05.1945
Operation Meridian (air strikes on Palembang, 24/29.01.1945)
Mention in Despatches MID
23.10.1945
Operation Iceberg (air strikes on Sakishima Islands & capture of Okinawa, 03-05.1945)
Officer of the Legion of Merit (US) LM
23.07.1946
services to US government
Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog (Denmark) Dann
-
state visit Denmark 05.1957
Education: RN Colleges Osborne & Dartmouth.
1917
-
1919
Midshipman, HMS Emperor of India (battleship)
(08.1923)


short course of instruction
07.08.1923
-
(01.)1925
HMS Benbow (battleship) (Mediterranean)
24.09.1925
-
(05.1926)
qualifying for torpedo duties, RN College, Greenwich [HMS Vernon]
10.10.1927
-
(08.1929)
Torpedo Officer, HMS Stuart (destroyer, flotilla leader) (Mediterranean)
14.01.1930
-
(04.1930)
staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
(02.1931)


no appointment listed
16.03.1931
-
(01.)1932
HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth)
15.07.1932
-
(06.)1933
Torpedo Officer, HMS Hawkins (cruiser) (East Indies)
01.12.1933
-
(07.)1935
Squadron Torpedo Officer, Destroyer Flotillas Mediterranean [HMS Coventry (cruiser)]
19.08.1935
-
(02.)1936
HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth)
01.09.1936
-
(10.1938)
HMS President (for miscellaneous or special service)
01.09.1936
-
1938
also: Equerry to the King (Edward VIII & George VI)
02.01.1939
-
04.09.1940
Commanding Officer, HMS Dunedin (cruiser) (Reserve Fleet)
02.10.1940
-
(02.)1941
Assistant Director of Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
(12.1941)


no appointment listed
12.03.1942
-
(10.)1943
Director of Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
(12.1943)


no appointment listed
31.05.1944
-
(07.1945)
Flag Captain, HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)
1945


Flag Officer Commanding Carriers British Pacific Fleet [HMS Illustrious)
29.08.1945
-
(04.)1946
Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Air) [HMS President]
17.09.1947
-
1948
Flag Officer Flying Training [HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife)]
05.12.1948
-
(05.)1949
HMS President (for miscellaneous services)
08.09.1949
-
1951
Flag Officer Commanding 3rd Aircraft Carrier Squadron [HMS Vengeance (aircraft carrier)]
1951
-
1953
Flag Officer, Air (Home) [Flag Officer Royal Yacht for TRH Visit to Australia and New Zealand, 1952]
20.03.1953
-
1954
Commander-in-Chief, Far East Station [HMS Terror]
(04.1955)


no appointment listed
11.10.1955
-
(01.)1957
a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Chief of Naval Personnel (Second Sea Lord)
1957
-
1959
Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, and NATO Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces, Mediterranean
1959
-
1960
a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff
Extra Equerry to the Queen 1952-1960 (to King George VI, 02.01.1939-1952).
Lambert,
Charles William
C.W. Lambert
Son (with eight siblings) of William Edward Isaac Lambert (1864-1949), and Margaret Wells (1868-1923), of Bristol.
Married (03.04.1916, Parish Church, West Hackney, London) Muriel Nicholson, daughter of J.C. Nicholson, of London; one son, two daughters.

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23.09.1891
Barton Regis district, Gloucestershire
-
19.09.1961
Leigh, Sherborne, Dorset
Eng.S.Lt. 01.08.1910
Eng.Lt. 01.11.1911
Eng.Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1919
Eng.Cdr. 30.06.1925
Eng.Capt. 31.12.1936
Eng.R.Adm. 10.05.1943 (retd 10.05.1946)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 1946
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St - -
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM - -
Victory Medal VM - -
Mention in Despatches MID 11.04.1919 destroyer service 01.07-11.11.1918
Mention in Despatches Jub M - -
Coronation Medal 19373 Cor M - -
Education: Bristol Grammar School.
1906     joined RN
01.10.1910 - 01.07.1913 engineering course, RN College, Greenwich
01.07.1913 - 14.09.1913 HMS Pembroke
14.09.1913 - 16.12.1915 HMS Indefatigable (battlecruiser)
16.12.1915 - 18.05.1917 HMS Undaunted (cruiser)
24.05.1917 - 12.1918 HMS Mindful (torpedo-boat destroyer)
01.02.1919 - 04.1920 HMS Cumberland (cruiser)
16.04.1920 - 21.06.1920 RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Vivid] (for instructional duties)
03.07.1920 - 16.08.1921 HM Dockyard Devonport [HMS Vivid] (for charge of Drawing Office)
16.08.1921 - 31.01.1922 HM Dockyard Rosyth [HMS Crescent] (as Second Assistant to the Engineer Manager)
31.01.1922 - 07.1924 HMS Columbine
01.08.1924 - 11.1925 HMS Hawkins (cruiser) (China Station)
20.12.1925 - 08.04.1926 HMS Pembroke
08.04.1926 - 05.07.1926 Senior Engineer Officer's course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
05.07.1926 - 10.07.1928 Department of the Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty [HMS President) (for Fleet Air Arm)
10.07.1928 - 25.08.1931 an Engineer Assistant to the Director of Dockyards, Admiralty [HMS President]
25.08.1931 - 08.1933 HMS Devonshire (cruiser)
24.10.1933 - 21.12.1933 HMS Vivid
25.12.1933 - 19.10.1937 HM Dockyard Devonport [HMS Drake] (as Engineer Manager)
14.12.1937 - 09.05.1941 an Engineer Inspector, Department of the Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty [HMS President]
09.05.1941 - 10.05.1946 Assistant Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty [HMS President]
Lambert,
Geoffrey Thornton
G.T. Lambert
Son of Sir George Bancroft Lambert, KCSI (1873-1945), and Ann Spooner, of Lucknow, India.
Married (26.07.1930, Wesley Church, Ecclesall Bierlow district, Derbyshire / West Riding of Yorkshire) Jean Margaret Fawcett Osborn, second daughter of Mr & Mrs Fred M. Osborn, of Sheffield; one son (killed in an air accident 1956), one daughter.

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04.10.1903
United Provinces, India
-
18.08.1983
Liss, Hampshire
Midsh. 15.09.1922
A/S.Lt. 15.01.1925
S.Lt. 1926?, seniority 15.12.1924
Lt. 15.12.1926
Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1934
Cdr. 30.06.1941
Capt. 30.06.1948 (retd 08.07.1957)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 13.11.1945 Operation Jubilee (Dieppe raid 19.08.1942) & as POW *
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Atlantic Star Atl St - -
Africa Star Afr St - -
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Mention in Despatches MID 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 1941
Coronation Medal 1953 Cor M - -
 
15.09.1921     special entry cadet, HMS Thunderer (cadet training cruiser)
15.09.1922 - (08.1923) HMS Centurion (battleship)
03.1924 - (01.1925) HMS Emperor of India (battleship) (Mediterranean)
11.01.1926 - (05.)1926 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
24.07.1926 - (06.)1928 HMS Verity (destroyer) (China)
24.11.1928 - (08.)1930 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Atlantic Fleet)
18.12.1930 - (09.)1932 RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Vivid]
12.09.1932 - (07.)1935 Executive Officer, HMS Active (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
19.08.1935 - (01.)1937 Commanding Officer, HMS Searcher (destroyer) (Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth)
27.01.1937 - (02.)1937 RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
10.05.1937 - (07.)1937 tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
1937     Commanding Officer, HMS Sharpshooter (minesweeper)
05.01.1938 - 14.01.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Foresight (destroyer) (despatches)
early 1941 - early 1942 no appointment listed while on a Staff appointment on attachment to No. 2 Group, Bomber Command at High Wycombe
early 1942 - 19.08.1942 Combined Operations HQ [HMS President]
19.08.1942     Principal Beach Master, Dieppe [embarked in HMS Prince Charles] (captured)
(08.1942) - (09.1945) no appointment listed while being a POW in German captivity (Marlag und Milag Nord)
25.10.1945 - 06.1946 Assistant Director (Eastern Theatre), Small Vessels Pool, Admiralty [HMS President]
06.1946 - 01.1947 Deputy Director of Movements for Naval Servicing Craft
02.01.1947 - (10.1947) Executive Officer, HMS Sussex (cruiser)
      course at RN College, Greenwich
(07.1948)     no appointment listed
15.04.1949 - 04.1950 Commanding Officer, HMS Veryan Bay (frigate) & as Captain (F), 2nd Frigate Flotilla
(05.1950)     no appointment listed
01.07.1950 - (05.1951) Commanding Officer, HMS Mull of Galloway [soon changed to: HMS Jupiter (Reserve Fleet, Gareloch)] & as Senior Officer Reserve Fleet Clyde Area & as Resident Naval Officer, Faslane
11.1952 - 08.09.1954 Commanding Officer, HMS Afrikander (RN base, Simonstown, South Africa)
08.12.1954 - 22.01.1957 Naval Attaché, Paris (France) [HMS President]
07.01.1957 - 07.07.1957 also: Naval ADC to the Queen
* "Commander Lambert was Principal Beach Master on the main beach (Red-White); this beach was under heavy and continually increasing observed fire throughout the operation. The troops who landed on this beach were pinned down, having been repulsed with heavy casualties, which placed the Naval Beach Party in a position of the utmost hazard. It then became the main duty of the Naval Beach Party to evacuate the troops, which, regardless of his own safety, Commander Lambert did everything possible to organise. That this very gallant effort was largely frustrated was owing to the fact that few LCAs succeeded in reaching Red-White Beach and of those that did, the majority were afterwards sunk by enemy fire. Subsequently, when the troops on the beach were surrendering, Commander Lambert made a spirited attempt to avoid falling into enemy hands by swimming out to a sunken LCT, but he was eventually forced to surrender."
Having been embarked in H.M.S. Prince Charles,
Cdr. G.T. Lambert transferred to a landing craft at about 0320 hours on the 19th for the final run-in to Dieppe’s seafront – he takes up the story in the official report he delivered to the Admiralty on his return to the U.K. in May 1945:
‘The enemy’s fire increased considerably as we stepped on to the beach. My party landed on White Beach near the centre of the town’s front. We had not had time to scatter nor take what cover there was under the steeper banks of shingle, before a shell or mortar bomb fell amongst us, killing or severely wounding all except four, who were liberally spattered with flying stones. Several more shells landed in quick succession; the effect of this fire then and throughout the operation was multiplied considerably by the beach being composed of large shingle … ’ Setting off down the beach, Lambert decided to establish his H.Q. in the shelter of a groyne dividing Red and White Beaches, and was joined by his two runners and the badly wounded Sub. Lieutenant Thomson, RNVR. Next striking out along the beach to make contact with the Naval Signal Section, his wrist-watch already shattered, Lambert came upon Sub. Lieutenant Haslett, RNVR, and was just giving him some instructions when the latter was shot through the head: ‘The crack of single bullets passing near seemed to indicate we were being sniped. A search through binoculars revealed the culprit on the breakwater (which, I was surprised to find, had not yet been captured), and he was dealt with.’ Desperate to make contact with H.M.S. Calpe, the raid’s H.Q. ship, Lambert impounded a passing scout car and from it commenced to send a series of signals by handset to the Force Commander, even though ‘the Germans were breaking into the conversation in English.’ In fact, the overall picture was bleak in the extreme, and until orders were received to commence the evacuation, all that could be done was to grab a Sten and ‘try and counter the heavy small arms fire which was being directed from the cliffs and buildings along the front.’ Eventually, as related by Lambert, he ‘was informed that the code word had been passed for the withdrawal to begin.’ But the landing craft making for White Beach were heavily attacked by enemy aircraft, and those that reached Red Beach subsequently struck by mortar and shell fire while casting off – the troops had to be brought on shore again through a murderous fire. The situation was now hopeless, Lambert describing events leading up to his capture: ‘After this incident, which left us busy for some time [the loss of landing craft off White and Red Beaches], it was noticed that the horizon was clear of shipping, and Brigadier W. Southam was informed it was unlikely that anymore would be sent. He was rallying his men to further efforts but they were too exhausted for much more exertion. Casualties were getting heavy and, although we kept up small arms fire as individuals, we could not reduce the increasing fire directed at us from the cliff tops. I then set out to return to the beach H.Q., about a furlong to the eastward, to talk things over with the PMLO, but a heavy barrage was put down and it was necessary to lie very flat until it ceased. When it suddenly stopped, Germans could be seen attacking from the promenade and our troops had begun to surrender. I returned to the strong point, being met by Lieutenant Bibby, RNVR, who told me that the soldiers had had enough and had run out of ammunition. We decided to try and escape by swimming out to a sunken LCT with its bows afloat and lie up until dark. The Germans had no compunction about firing at us all the way out, but we got on board. However, the rising tide engulfed the bows and, as we were too exhausted to swim, the current took us close in to the breakwater where we were picked up by the enemy.’
Lambton,
Hedworth
H. Lambton
From Dunstable.
Son of Hon. Claud Lambton (1865-1945), and Lettice Wormald (1875?-1945).
Married 1st (14.02.1935), Iris Wynnfred Violet Halpin,
daughter of William Law Halpin (divorced in 1963); one daughter.
Married 2nd (1963), Olivia Monckton.

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20.03.1904
St George Hanover Square district, London / Middlesex
-
22.09.1983
Blyth district
Midsh.
15.01.1922
A/S.Lt.
15.05.1924
S.Lt.
15.01.1925
Lt.
15.10.1926 (retd 22.09.1934; own request)
Lt.Cdr. (retd)
15.10.1934
Cdr. (retd)
20.03.1944
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
19.06.1945
Operation Hotbed (North Russian convoy 02.1945) [investiture 16.10.1945]
Mention in Despatches MID
01.01.1945
New Year 1945
02.06.1922
-
(08.1923)
HMS Despatch (light cruiser)
25.09.1924
-
(01.)1925
promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
07.12.1925
-
(05.)1926
submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin]
21.11.1926
-
(07.)1927
HMS K 26 (submarine) (Mediterranean)
(04.1928)


short course of instruction
05.1928
-
(08.1929)
HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship) (Mediterranean) [ship commissioned 24.07.1928]
01.02.1930
-
(04.)1930
HMS Verity (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
19.09.1930
-
(02.)1931
HMS Marlborough (battleship)
12.04.1931
-
(01.)1932
First Lieutenant, HMS Tetrarch (destroyer) (Atlantic Fleet)
12.09.1932
-
(06.1933)
First Lieutenant, HMS Acheron (destroyer) (Home Fleet)
(01.1934)
-
(07.1934)
no appointment listed
31.07.1939
-
(02.)1941
HMS Danae (cruiser)
02.1941
-
(12.1941)
Commanding Officer, HMS Scout (destroyer)
(08.1942)


no appointment listed
(02.1943)


HMS Reading (destroyer) *
03.03.1943
-
05.1943
Commanding Officer, HMS Valorous (destroyer)
05.1943
-
(06.1944)
Commanding Officer, HMS Westcott (destroyer)
?
-
17.02.1945
Commanding Officer, HMS Lark (sloop) (torpedoed by U-boat & beached at Murmansk)
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
10.09.1945
-
(04.1946)
Executive Officer, HMS Fieldfare (RN Air Station, Evanton, Ross-shire)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Lampen,
Ambrose Maynard Dudley
"Michael"
A.M.D. Lampen (Imperial War Museum © IWM (A 24857)) A.M.D. Lampen

29.06.1911
-
08.02.2010
San Francisco, USA
... ...
Lt. 01.05.1934
Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1942 (retd 29.06.1956)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) [decoration posted]
... - ... ...
12.06.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Haslemere (Mulberry Control Ship, Normandy) (DSC)
... - ... ...
Lancaster,
Owen Felton
O.F. Lancaster O.F. Lancaster (© Imperial War Museum (A 14619))
O.F. Lancaster (© Imperial War Museum (A 14618))

Son of Hugh Felton Lancaster and Gertrude Kate Morris.
Married ((09?).1930, Alverstoke district, Hampshire) Violet Marion Cox, of Sidcup, Kent; ... children (one son, one daughter?).

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10.02.1909
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
-
17.10.1943
(MPK) [age 33]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 73, column 1]
Wt.Eng. 01.10.1936
Lt. (E) 01.07.1938
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 23.12.1939 destruction U-boat etc. [investiture 08.02.1940]
(10.1936) - (11.1936) no appointment listed
29.12.1936 - (03.)1938 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet)
25.04.1938 - (06.)1938 submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin]
(08.1938)     no appointment listed
06.08.1938 - (02.)1939 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (Mediterranean) (for submarines)
02.1939 - (06.)1940 HMS Salmon (submarine) (DSC)
03.07.1940 - (10.)1940 HMS Maidstone (submarine depot ship) (for submarines)
30.09.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for submarines)
26.02.1941 - (04.)1941 HMS Alecto (submarine depot ship)
04.1941 - 17.10.1943 HMS Trooper (submarine) (ship missing in Mediterranean)
Lancaster,
Thomas William
T.W. Lancaster T.W. Lancaster
T.W. Lancaster T.W. Lancaster
T.W. Lancaster T.W. Lancaster
T.W. Lancaster T.W. Lancaster
T.W. Lancaster 

Son (with one sister) of Thomas Henry Lancaster (1885-1969), and Minnie Walton (1891-).
21.04.1918
Teesdale district, Durham
-
04.07.1988
Hackness, Scarborough, North Yorkshire
A/S.Lt. 22.07.1940
S.Lt. 01.09.1940
Lt. 16.07.1941
Lt.Cdr. 16.07.1949 (retd 14.07.1959)
Distinguished Service Cross

DSC

18.05.1943 Mediterranean attacks: 4 supply ships, 1 destroyer, etc. sunk [investiture 27.07.1943]
01.09.1940 - (10.)1940 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
(12.1940)     no appointment listed
08.01.1941 - (10.)1941 HMS Sandwich (Bridgewater class sloop)
(12.1941) - (02.1942) no appointment listed
09.03.1942 - (05.)1942 HMS Talbot (submarine depot ship, 1st Submarine Flotilla, Malta)
15.05.1942 - (08.)1942 HMS Taku (T class submarine)
09.1942 - (04.)1943 HMS Talbot (submarine depot ship, 1st Submarine Flotilla, Malta)
29.04.1943 - (08.)1943 HMS Una (U class submarine) (DSC)
(10.1943)     no appointment listed
13.10.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Cygnet (modified Black Swan class sloop)
06.1944 - (07.)1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Walker (W class destroyer)
16.07.1945 - (07.)1946 HMS Berwick (Kent class cruiser)
02.09.1946 - (10.1946) HMS Cockade (C class destroyer)
... - ... ...
Teacher, Trinity House Navigation School in Hull, 1960s-80s.
Lander,
Duncan Edward
D.E. Lander (Photo courtesy of Sally Lander Bury) D.E. Lander (Photo courtesy of Sally Lander Bury)
D.E. Lander (Photo courtesy of Sally Lander Bury)
Younger son of Fleet Paym. E. Lander, RN.
Married 1st (09.03.1929, Seremban, F.M.S.) Eileen Marjorie Leach, eldest daughter of Harold Leach, of Ingleton, Aigburth, Liverpool; two children.

Married 2nd ((09?).1940, Kensington district, London) Freda Caroline "Carol" Wyndham-Kaye ((12?).1916 - ); one son, one daughter.
Married 3rd Chan Yock Min; one daughter.

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17.01.1893
South Queensferry, West Lothian, Scotland
-
1971
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Asst. Clerk 15.07.1910
Clerk 15.07.1911
Asst.Paym. 15.10.1913
Paym. 15.10.1917
Paym.Lt. ?, seniority 15.10.1915 (retd 11.08.1920; own request)
Paym.Lt.Cdr. (retd) 27.05.1932, seniority 15.10.1923 (reverted to retd 04.1942)
Mention in Despatches MID 22.04.1919 Mediterranean
Education: The Royal Naval School, Eltham College, Mottingham, London.
15.07.1910 - 10.10.1910 HMS Vivid (depot Chatham)
12.10.1910 - 27.12.1910 HMS Inflexible (battlecruiser) (1st Cruiser Squadron)
28.12.1910 - 30.06.1913 HMS Dreadnought (battleship)
01.07.1913 - 30.08.1913 HMS Cressy (cruiser) (1st Cruiser Squadron)
01.09.1913 - 08.09.1913 HMS Vivid II (depot Chatham)
09.09.1913 - 23.03.1914 HMS Blonde (light cruiser)
24.03.1914 - 18.07.1916 HMS Britannia
19.07.1916 - 10.10.1916 HMS Dreadnought (battleship)
11.10.1916 - 29.09.1916 HMS Pembroke (depot Chatham)
30.09.1916 - 23.08.1917 HMS Courageous
24.08.1917 - 10.09.1917 HMS Pembroke (depot Chatham)
11.09.1917 - 14.05.1919 HMS Blenheim (cruiser)
15.05.1919 - 11.08.1920 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for signal school)

Planter at Negri Sembilan, Malaya. Encouraged local people to form their own rugby club, the Negri Sembilan All Blues, thus introducing the sport to the Asian population.

11.11.1939 - (06.)1940 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous services)
(08.1940)     HMS Pembroke IV (accounting base, Chatham) *
07.08.1940 - (10.)1940 Admiralty [HMS President] (for special and miscellaneous services)
15.11.1940 - (06.)1941 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for special service)
01.07.1941 - (04.)1942 French Ship "Paris" (battleship)
Landon,
John Palmer
J.P. Landon
Son of Charles Palmer Landon, and Caroline Manders.

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06.08.1883
Calcutta, India
-
27.03.1953
Chichester district, Sussex
A/S.Lt.
15.09.1903?
S.Lt.
26.01.1905, seniority 15.09.1903
Lt.
01.04.1906
Lt.Cdr.
01.04.1914
Cdr.
30.06.1918 (retd 31.08.1922; own request)
Capt. (retd)
06.08.1928 (reactivated 1940) (reverted to retd < 04.1946)
15.09.1898
 
 
entered RN
13.11.1940
-
(08.)1942
Commanding Officer, HMS Corfu (armed merchant cruiser)
12.1942
-
05.1945
Commanding Officer, HMS Nemo (auxiliary patrol base, Brightlingsea) & as Naval Officer-in-Charge Brightlingsea & Resident Naval Officer Frinton & (from 11.1943) Captain M/L Brightlingsea
(07.1945)


no appointment listed
Lane,
Henry John Fullerton
J.P. Landon

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27.08.1909
Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire
-
02.04.1966
RN Hospital, Gosport, Hampshire
... ...
Lt. 16.02.1933
Lt.Cdr. 16.02.1941
Cdr. 31.12.1943
Capt. 31.12.1949 (retd 07.01.1959)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division)

OBE

13.06.1946 HM's birthday 1946
Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne.
... - ... ...
23.05.1944 - (10.1945) Commander (Flying), HMS Colossus (Colossus class aircraft carrier) (OBE)
... - ... ...
Lane,
Walter Frederick Boyt

W.F.B. Lane
Son of Walter Herbert Lane, and Blanche Gertrude Adams, of Portsmouth, and Freshwater, Isle of Wight.
Married ((09?).1931) Gladys Annie "Anne" Littlecott (1908-1991), daughter of Edwin Littlecott, of Southsea; one son.

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07.02.1909
-
24.05.1988
Winchester district, Hampshire
Midsh. (E) 15.09.1926
S.Lt. (E) 01.01.1929
Lt. (E) 01.11.1930
Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.11.1938
Cdr. (E) 30.06.1942
Capt. (E) 31.12.1950
R.Adm. 23.09.1957 (retd 20.01.1961)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 01.01.1960 New Year 60 [investiture 23.02.1960]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 28.06.1940 2nd Battle of Narvik [investiture 17.11.1942]
Mention in Despatches MID 03.02.1942 Battle of Cape Matapan
Education: RN Engineering College & RN College.
1924     joined RN
... - ... ...
31.08.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Cossack (destroyer) (DSC)
27.05.1940 - (12.1941) HMS Warspite (battleship) (despatches)
(08.1942)     no appointment listed
19.10.1942 - (07.1945) an Engineer Inspector, Department of the Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty [HMS President]
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
... - ... ...
1957     Deputy Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty [HMS President]
01.10.1958 - 1961 Director of Marine Engineering, Admiralty [HMS President] (CB)
FIMechE, MIMarE.
Lane-Poole,
Sir Richard Hayden Owen
R.H.O. Lane-Poole

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01.04.1883
-
25.03.1971
... ...
Capt. 30.06.1923
R.Adm. 08.05.1935
V.Adm. 11.01.1939 (retd)
Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR 09.06.1944?

KBE 1944, CB 1936, OBE 1919

... - ... ...
09.06.1944 - (07.1945) Commodore of Convoys [HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool) (for convoy duties)]
Langdon,
John Edward
J.E. Langdon

Son (with one sister and two brothers) of James Bertram Langdon (1883-1973), and Evelyn Maud Langdon (1872-1967).
Married (09.09.1935, Portsmouth, Hampshire) Nancy Copsey (15.11.1913 - 03.2003), daughter of Robert Copsey (1881-1956), and Ellen Mabel Bugden (1886-1936); one daughter, one son.
03.07.1909
Devonport, Devonshire
-
24.07.2002
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Paym.Midsh. 15.09.1927
A/Paym.S.Lt. 1929?
Paym.S.Lt. 15.06.1929
Paym.Lt. 15.06.1931
Paym.Lt.Cdr. = Lt.Cdr. (S) 15.06.1939
Cdr. (S) 30.06.1945
Capt. (S) 31.12.1954 (retd 18.01.1963)
... - ... ...
10.04.1939 - (06.)1940 HMS Forth (submarine depot ship)
24.06.1940 - (10.)1940 Secretary to R.Adm. J.G.P. Vivian, Admiral Commanding Anti-Aircraft Ships [HMS Coventry (Ceres class cruiser), from c. 08.1940 HMS Cairo (Carlisle class cruiser)]
05.11.1940 - (02.)1942 Secretary to Commodore 2nd Class C.O. Alexander, commanding HMS Raleigh (training establishment, Trevol, Torpoint, Cornwall)
15.02.1942 - (07.)1945 HMS Newcastle (Southampton class cruiser)
05.09.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)
... - ... ...
07.07.1962 - 07.01.1963 Naval ADC to HM the Queen
Langford-Holt,
[Sir] John Anthony *
J.L. Holt [later: J.A. Langford-Holt]
Son of late Ernest Langford­Holt.
Married 1st (1944) Elisabeth Charlotte Marie (marriage dissolved 1950), daughter
of late Ernst Neustadtl, Vienna.
Married 2nd (1953), Flora Evelyn Innes (marriage dissolved 1969), daughter of late Ian St Clair Stuart; one son, one daughter.
Married 3rd (1971) Betty Ann (marriage dissolved 1981), daughter of H. Maxworthy.
Married 4th (04.1984) Irene Attwooll, daughter of late David Alexander Kerr.

* initially known in the Navy as: Holt, John Langford
30.06.1916
-
23.07.1993
Wandsworth, London
Army:

2nd Lt.
22.07.1936
RN:

A/S.Lt. (A)
01.07.1939
S.Lt. (A)
14.03.1940
Lt. (A)
01.01.1942
Lt.Cdr. (A)
1945 ?
Knight Bachelor Kt
01.101.1962
New Year 1962: for political and public service

Grand Decoration of Honour, in Silver with Star (Austria), 1980.

Education: Shrewsbury School



late Cadet Serjeant, Shrewsbury School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
22.07.1936
-
07.1939
commissioned, 7th Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers - Territorial Army
24.08.1939


mobilized TA
1939


joined RN and Air Branch (FAA)
(08.1939)
-
(04.1940)
Fleet Air Arm
14.01.1941
-
(02.1941)
pilot, 754 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)]
25.05.1941
-
(12.1941)
pilot, 700 Squadron FAA [HMS Berwick (cruiser)]
(08.1942)
-
(02.1943)
no appointment listed
06.05.1943
-
(06.1944)
HMS Landrail (RN Air Station, Machrihanish, Argyllshire)
(07.1945)
-
(04.1946)
HMS Landrail *
Member of Parliament (MP) (C) Shrewsbury, 1945-83. Secretary of Conservative Parliamentary Labour Committee, 1945-50; Member: CPA, 1945-83; IPU, 1945-83, and other International Bodies; Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, 1945-83; Estimates Committee, 1964-68; Expenditure Committee, 1977-79; Chairman, Select Committee on Defence, 1979-81. Chancellor, Primrose League, 1989-92. Chairman, Anglo-Austrian Society, 1960-63, 1971-82. Freeman and Liveryman of City of London.

* indexed, but not listed as such
Langley,
Gerald Maxwell Bradshaw
G.M.B. Langley
Son of Admiral Gerald Charles Langley, and Juanita Maxwell.

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14.12.1895
-
17.04.1971
Midhurst district
Cadet (Special Entry)
01.09.1914
Midsh.
01.01.1915
S.Lt.
15.03.1917
Lt.
15.10.1918
Lt.Cdr.
15.10.1926
Cdr.
31.12.1931
Capt.
31.12.1936
Cdre. 1st cl.
27.09.1943?
R.Adm.
02.01.1946 (retd 22.06.1949)
V.Adm. (retd)
22.06.1949
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
10.06.1948
HM's birthday 1948
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
12.12.1919
for valuable services during the war *
Mention in Despatches MID
01.01.1940
New Year 1940
* In fact for the invention of the Langley Inclinometer, a visual fire control instrument which helped to give the inclination of the surface targets.
Education: Wellington College
01.09.1914
-
15.12.1914
Special Entry Cadet (2nd Entry) RN College Keyham
1915
-
1919
served European War:
01.01.1915


HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Dardanelles (or Gallipoli) campaign)
07.03.1917


HMS Renown (battlecruiser)
1923
-
1939
Fleet Air Arm (Observer):
22.02.1924
-
(01.1925)
HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean) (and for observer duties)
21.04.1927
-
(07.1927)
observer, HMS Furious (aircraft carrier) (Atlantic Fleet)
21.10.1928
-
(08.1929)
Staff Officer (Operations), 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Barham (battleship)] (Mediterranean)
06.01.1930
-
(04.1930)
HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth) (temporary)
01.10.1930
-
(02.1931)
Naval Air Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty [HMS President]
01.07.1931
-
(01.1932)
observer, HMS Glorious (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean)
03.04.1932
-
(09.1932)
Naval Air Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty [HMS President]
20.12.1932
-
(01.1934)
Commanding Officer, HMS Diana (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
30.12.1934
-
01.01.1937
Naval Air Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty [HMS President]
01.01.1937
-
18.02.1938

Assistant Director Naval Air Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty [HMS President]
18.02.1938
-
(08.1939)
Deputy Director Naval Air Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty [HMS President]
21.11.1939
-
(04.1940)
Commanding Officer, HMS Carlisle (cruiser)
(02.1941)


no appointment listed
11.07.1941
-
(09.)1943
Director Gunnery and Anti-Aircraft Warfare Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty [HMS President]
27.09.1943
-
(06.)1944
Chief Naval Staff Officer, Supreme Allied Command, South-East Asia [HMS Braganza]
11.01.1945
-
(07.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Devonshire (cruiser)
28.02.1946
-
1949
Ministry of Defence [HMS President]
Langley,
Michael Armitage
C.G. Lapthorn
Son of Cyril Owen Langley, DL (1880-), and Mary Armitage, of Brewood, Staffordshire.
(09?).1911
Wolverhampton district, Shropshire / Staffordshire / West Midlands
-
16.11.1940
(MPK) [age 28]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 36, column 3]
[commemorated at War Memorial in the grounds of St. Mary and St. Chad Church, Brewood]
Cadet 1928
Midsh. 01.05.1929
A/S.Lt. 01.09.1931
S.Lt. 01.04.1932
Lt. 01.08.1934
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 03.12.1940 successful patrol & attack convoy 16.09.1940 [posthumously; presented to next-of-kin]
25.08.1928 - (08.)1930 HMS Barham (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)
02.12.1930 - (03.)1931 HMS Valiant (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)
24.09.1931 - 03.04.1932 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
04.04.1932 - (09.1932) promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
(01.1933)     no appointment listed
24.04.1933 - (06.)1933 HMS L 16 (submarine) (for duty with Group "D" Submarines) [tender to HMS Pigmy]
17.12.1933 - 10.1934 HMS Rainbow (submarine) (China)
15.10.1934 - ? HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (China)
16.01.1935 - (02.)1936 HMS Osiris (submarine) (China) [tender to HMS Cyclops]
17.07.1936 - 1936 HMS Titania (submarine depot ship)
28.07.1936 - (07.)1937 HMS H 34 (submarine) (6th Submarine Flotilla) [tender to HMS Titania]
29.09.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (China) (and for duty with submarines)
04.1938 - 04.1940 First Lieutenant, then (> 10.1938, < 02.1939) Commanding Officer, HMS Pandora (submarine) (China)
15.04.1940 - 09.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS H 49 (submarine) (DSC)
09.1940 - 10.1940 HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth) (for submarines)
14.10.1940 - 16.11.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Swordfish (submarine)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Langly-Smith,
Peter Langly
P.L. Langly-Smith (© Imperial War Museum (A 14403)) P.L. Langly-Smith (© Imperial War Museum (A 23787))

P.L. Langly-Smith (© Imperial War Museum (A 23791)) P.L. Langly-Smith (© Flight magazine)

Son of William Frederick Langly-Smith (1881-1965), of Putney, London SW15.
Married ((12?).1943, Kensington district, London) Diana Joyce "Di" Havelock-Potts; two daughters, one son.
14.10.1919
Richmond district, Surrey
-
08.07.1961
Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton, Wandsworth district, London (as a result of a helicopter accident at Cranleigh, Surrey, on 07.07.1961) (formerly of Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire)
[Haslar RN Cemetery, Gosport]
Cadet 01.05.1938
Midsh. 01.05.1939
A/S.Lt. 01.01.1941
S.Lt. 1941?, seniority 10.06.1940
Lt. 01.09.1941
Lt.Cdr. 01.09.1949
Cdr. 30.06.1953
Mention in Despatches MID 05.01.1943 successful attack on U-boat 21.10.1942
Education: Haileybury (1933.3-1937.3).
01.05.1938 - 01.05.1939 special entry cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser)
01.05.1939 - (10.)1940 HMS Cumberland (Kent class cruiser)
(12.1940)     no appointment listed
06.01.1941 - (04.)1941 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
(06.1941)     promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory] *
09.06.1941 - (10.)1941 HMS Sheldrake (Kingfisher class sloop)
10.11.1941 - (04.)1942 long submarine course [HMS Elfin]
15.05.1942 - (03.)1943 HMS Graph (submarine) (despatches)
29.03.1943 - (10.)1943 HMS Trespasser (T class submarine)
(12.1943)     submarine Commanding Officer's course [HMS Dolphin]
08.01.1944 - 30.05.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Unbroken (U class submarine)
30.08.1944 - 30.06.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Sportsman (S class submarine)
(10.1945)     no appointment listed
... - ... ...
25.09.1959 - 08.07.1961 Deputy Director of Naval Recruiting [HMS President]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Langridge,
Anthony Walter

A.W. Langridge
07.03.1916
-
27.06.2001
... ...
A/Lt.Cdr. 01.05.1945
Cdr. ? (retd 29.01.1958)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 24.07.1945 ?
Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne.
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Spirit
... - ... ...
Langton,
Charles Arthur
C.A. Langton
Son of ... Langton, and ... Hignett.
30.07.1914
Chippenham district, Wiltshire
-
11.02.1971

Alton district, Hampshire
Midsh.
01.05.1932
A/S.Lt.
01.09.1934
S.Lt.
16.03.1935
Lt.
16.05.1937
Lt.Cdr.
16.05.1945 (retd 1940/50s)
Mention in Despatches

MID

01.01.1940
New Year 1940
Mention in Despatches

MID

08.12.1942
Russian convoy PQ18 09.1942
Order of the Patriotic War 1st class (USSR) OPW1
11.04.1944
services to USSR
09.06.1932
-
(09.1932)
HMS Renown (battle cruiser)
05.04.1933
-
(01.1934)
HMS Leander (cruiser)
01.04.1935
-
(07.1935)
promotion course, Portsmouth
29.06.1936
-
(02.1937)
HMS Grenville (destroyer, flotilla leader)
05.09.1938
-
(08.1939)
HMS Firedrake (destroyer)
25.07.1940
-
(08.1942)
HMS Western Isles (work-up base, Tobermory) (anti-submarine duties)
12.08.1942
-
(08.1943)
First Lieutenant, HMS Malcolm (destroyer)
31.08.1943
-
(06.1944)
HMS Nimrod (anti-submarine training establishment, Campbeltown) (for instructional duties)
15.10.1944
-
(04.1946)
HMS Caesar (destroyer) (anti-submarine duties)
La Niece,
Peter George
P.G. La Niece (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Daglish)
Elder son of George David Nelson La Niece (1894-1985), and Gwynneth Mary Morgan (1896-1978), of East Croydon, Surrey.
Married (13.03.1948, Holy Trinity, Brompton, Kensington district, London) Second Officer Evelyn Mary Wrixon "Eve" Babington, WRNS (28.06.1918 - (12?).1982), younger daughter of Oscar John Gilmore Babington, MAI, AMInstCE (1879-1930), and Annie Honor Wrixon (1878-1975), of London SW5; two sons, one daughter.
23.07.1920
Fulham district, London
-
04.04.2003
Wadhurst, Uckfield district, East Sussex
Cadet 01.09.1937
Midsh. 01.09.1938
A/S.Lt. 01.05.1940
S.Lt. 1940?, seniority 01.10.1939
Lt. 16.02.1941
Lt.Cdr. 16.02.1949
Cdr. 30.06.1953
Capt. 31.12.1961
R.Adm. 07.01.1971 (retd 06.08.1973)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 02.06.1973 HM's birthday 1973
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE 01.01.1967

New Year 1967

Education: Whitgift School, Croydon.
01.09.1937 - 31.08.1938 special entry cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training ship)
01.09.1938 - (12.1939) HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean)
23.01.1940 - (04.)1940 HMS Hood (battlecruiser)
06.05.1940 - (06.)1940 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
(07.1940) - (08.1940) no appointment listed
24.09.1940 - (12.)1940 HMS Lydd (Hunt class minesweeper)
07.12.1940 - (10.)1942 HMS Birmingham (cruiser)
(12.1942)     HMS Tana (RN base, Kilindini, Kenya) *
(02.1943) - (04.)1943 British Naval Liaison Officer, HMNethS "Heemskerck" (light cruiser)
(06.1943)     no appointment listed
14.07.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Viscount (destroyer)
28.06.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Dauntless (cruiser)
(01.1945) - (10.1945) specialist gunnery course
(04.1946)     Naval Meteorological Branch, Admiralty [HMS President] *
... - ... ...
1962     Commanding Officer, HMS Rame Head
1963 - 1966 Senior UK Polaris Representative, Washington, USA
1966 - 1968 Commanding Officer, HMS Triumph
1969 - 1971 Commodore Clyde in Command Clyde Submarine Base
1971 - 1973 Flag Officer Spithead and Port Admiral, Portsmouth
Director in Exco Group of Companies, 1976-1985.
Published: Not a nine to five job (1992; memoirs).
* indexed, but not listed as such
Lanning,
John David

J.D. Lanning (© Imperial War Museum (A 14517)) J.D. Lanning (© Imperial War Museum (A 14518))
03.08.1921
-
31.05.1985
Tunbridge Wells district, Kent
... ...
S.Lt. 06.1942, seniority 01.08.1941
Lt. 08.10.1943, seniority 01.03.1943 (retd 18.01.1948)
... - ... ...
21.08.1942 - (02.1943) HMS Talbot (submarine depot ship, 1st Submarine Flotilla, Malta):
? - (01.1943) Torpedo Officer, HMS P 42 (submarine)
? - (07.1945) HMS Sportsman (S class submarine)
... - ... ...
Lansdown,
Charles Savage Ewbank
C.S.E. Lansdown

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12.10.1904
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
-
02.11.1992

Basingstoke, Hampshire
Midsh.
15.09.1922
A/S.Lt.
15.01.1925
S.Lt.
08.09.1926, seniority 15.10.1925
Lt.
15.10.1927
Lt.Cdr.
15.10.1935 (retd 12.10.1949)
Cdr. (retd)
12.10.1949
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

OBE

02.06.1943
HM's birthday 1943
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
28.11.1944
Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944)
15.09.1922
-
(08.1823)
HMS Ajax (battleship)
03.1924
-
(01.1925)
HMS Marlborough (battleship) (Mediterranean)
11.01.1926
-
(05.)1926
promotion course, Portsmouth
23.08.1926
-
(06.1928)
HMS Endeavour (surveying vessel)
18.05.1929
-
(08.)1929
HMS Rosemary (Fishery Protection Flotilla)
16.12.1929
-
(04.)1930
HMS Fitzroy (surveying vessel)
09.04.1930
-
(10.)1930
HMS Flinders (surveying vessel)
01.12.1930
-
(06.1933)
HMS Herald (surveying vessel) (China)
(01.1934)


no appointment listed
19.03.1934
-
(07.)1935
Navigating Officer, HMS Kellett (surveying vessel) (in lieu of a specialist)
02.12.1935
-
(02.)1936
HMS Vernon (torpedo school, Portsmouth) (additional) (for Mining Department)
09.09.1936
-
(02.1939)
HMS Stork (escort vessel) (surveying service) (for navigating duties in lieu of a specialist)
(04.1939)


no appointment listed
22.05.1939
-
(08.1939)
Executive Officer, HMS Gleaner (minesweeper) (for surveying service)
01.02.1940
-
(06.1943)
Executive Officer & Navigating Officer, HMS Atreus (controlled minelaying base ship)
(08.1943)
-
(07.1945)
no appointment listed:
(06.1944)


HMS Royal Anne (Naval Party 1500, Arromanches (Mulberry B))
[surveying operation in order to position Phoenix caissons off the coast of Arromanches, led from HMS Fernmoor in conjunction with HDML 1001 to do the actual soundings]
15.05.1945
-
(07.1948)
Naval Assistant, Hydrographic Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
Lanyon,
Norman
N. Lanyon

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09.03.1908
-
01.01.1982
Winchester district
S.Lt.
16.01.1929
Lt.
16.05.1931
Lt.Cdr.
16.05.1939
Cdr.
31.12.1944 (retd 1940/50s)
Distinguished Service Cross

DSC

27.06.1944
services Adriatic 10.1943
Distinguished Service Cross

DSC

07.11.1944
sinking U223 Mediterranean
Mention in Despatches

MID

23.05.1944
Operation Avalanche
Order of the Phoenix, 4th class (Greece) Phnx
15.12.1942
escorting Greek king to UK
27.07.1929
-
(02.1931)
HMS Effingham (cruiser)
20.05.1932
-
(01.1934)
HMS Delhi (cruiser)
03.01.1935
-
(07.1935)
HMS Nelson (battleship)
13.01.1937
-
(02.1937)
First Lieutenant, HMS Viscount (destroyer)
03.01.1939
-
(08.1939)
HMS Ganges (naval base, Harwich)
(1941?)


Commanding Officer, HMS Volunteer (destroyer)
17.02.1942
-
(02.1943)
Commanding Officer, HMS Echo (destroyer)
23.02.1943
-
12.1944
Commanding Officer, HMS Tumult (destroyer)
(07.1945)


Combined Operations HQ
14.02.1946
-
(04.1946)
HMS Surprise
Lapage,
John Charles

J.C. Lapage
(12?).1914
-
08.05.2007
... ...
Lt. 03.07.1938
Lt.Cdr. 03.07.1946 (retd 01.07.1958)
Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne.
... - ... ...
? - (07.1945) HMS Cleveland
... - ... ...
Lapthorn,
Charles George
C.G. Lapthorn

AVAILABLE upon request.

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10.08.1899
Plymouth, Devon
-
(03?).1979
Southampton district, Hampshire
Seaman ? [M14535]
T/A/Wt.Eng. 16.03.1943
T/Wt.Eng. 1944?, seniority 16.03.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
06.04.1943 - 16.03.1944 HMS Venomous (destroyer)
(04.1944)     HMS Venomous (destroyer) *
(06.1944)     no appointment listed
(10.1944) - (01.1945) HMS Brixham (Bangor class minesweeper) *
(07.1945)     HMS Orestes (Algerine class minesweeper) *
* indexed, but not listed as such
Larcom,
Charles Arthur Aiskew

C.A.A. Larcom (© Imperial War Museum (A 4107)) C.A.A. Larcom
C.A.A. Larcom C.A.A. Larcom (© Imperial War Museum (A 4106))
C.A.A. Larcom (© Imperial War Museum (A 4105)) 

Son (with two brothers) of Charles Larcom (1843-1892), and Jeanie Perceval (1863-1937).
Married (26.10.1935, Kiangsu, China) Joan Peveril Ward Poole (22.09.1898 - 12.1975), daughter (with one sister and one brother) of Reginald Ward Edward Lane Poole (1864-1941), and Michelle Dobree Hall Peveril Le Mesurier (1871-1934)..

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13.04.1891
Alverstoke, Hampshire
-
18.08.1964
Lymington, Hampshire
Midsh. 15.05.1908
S.Lt. 15.08.1911
Lt. 15.11.1912
Lt.Cdr. 15.11.1920
Cdr. 30.06.1926
Capt. 31.12.1932 (retd 28.07.1942)
Cdre. 2nd cl. 29.05.1942 (dispersed 24.09.1945) (reverted to retd 20.11.1945)
Distinguished Service Order DSO 14.10.1941 Bismarck sunk 05.1941 [investiture 16.10.1945]
Mention in Despatches MID 08.03.1918 ?
Mention in Despatches MID 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 1941
... - ... ...
01.02.1939 - 07.02.1939 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty)
08.02.1939 - 21.11.1939 Director of Naval Air Division, Admiralty [HMS President (additional)]
01.12.1939 - 13.12.1929 HMS President (additional; for special service inside Admiralty, for period not exceeding 6 months)
14.12.1939 - 31.07.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Sheffield (cruiser)
01.08.1941 - 24.08.1941 HMS Victory (additional)
25.08.1941 - 28.05.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Stag (Port Tewfik) & as Naval Officer-in-Charge, Port Tewfik & from 29.10.1941 as Naval Officer-in-Charge, Suez (Egypt)
06.02.1942 - 28.07.1942 also: Naval ADC to the King
29.05.1942 - 08.03.1944 Commodore-in-Charge, Aden [HMS Sheba (RN base, Aden)] (as Cdre. 2nd cl.)
09.03.1944 - 29.08.1944 HMS Victory IV (additional; for disposal)
30.08.1944 - 24.09.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent) & in command of RN Barracks, Lee-on-Solent (as Cdre. 2nd cl.)
Larder,
John Mawer
J.M. Larder
Son of Allan Joseph Larder (1865-1954), and Alice Larder (1865-1921?).

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08.10.1903
West Firsby, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
-
30.05.1990
Chatham district, Kent
Seaman ? [J99493]
A/Gnr. 01.10.1933
Gnr. 1934, seniority 01.10.1933
Cd.Gnr. 01.10.1942
Lt. 01.07.1948 (retd 08.10.1953) (reverted to retd > 01.1955, < 04.1955)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

MBE

01.01.1949 New Year 1949 [decoration posted]
Distinguished Service Cross

DSC

02.06.1943 HM's birthday 1943 [investiture 16.03.1945]
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Atlantic Star Atl St - -
Africa Star Afr St - & clasp N Africa 1942-1943
Pac St - -
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
(01.1934) - (03.1934) short course of instruction
20.04.1934 - (02.)1936 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley, Ipswich, Suffolk)
25.02.1936 - (02.)1938 HMS Duncan (flotilla leader, 8th Destroyer Flotilla) (for direction finding duties) [accommodated in HMS Decoy]
(03.1938) - (06.1938) no appointment listed
06.07.1938 - (08.)1940 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school)
30.09.1940 - (02.)1943 HMS Sheffield (cruiser) (for direction finding duties) (DSC)
01.04.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Assegai (training establishment, nr Durban, South Africa)
(10.1944)     no appointment listed
28.11.1944 - (04.)1946 HMS Anson (battleship)
01.10.1946 - 30.05.1947 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school)
31.05.1947 - 10.10.1948 President of Commissioned and Warrant Officers' Mess (up to 30.06.1948) & for charge of Armament Stores, RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)] (MBE)
11.10.1948 - (01.)1955 Training Officer, Sea Cadet Corps HQ (Open Units) (London)
Larken,
Francis Wyatt Rawson
F.W.R. Larken

Eldest son (with one brother and  two sisters) of Adm. Sir Frank Larken, KCB, CMG, RN (1875-1953), and Victoria Alexandrina Rawson (1882-1966), of Putney, London SW15.
Married (15.04.1936, St Margaret's, Westminster, London) Florrie Meriel "Billy" Royds (28.03.1912 - 04.2000), daughter (with two sisters and one brother) of Adm. Percy Molyneux Rawson Royds, CB, CMG (1874-1955), and Florence Yarrow (1876-1948), of Kingston Hill, Surrey; one son, one daughter.

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14,05.1911
Kensington district, London
-

15.03.1985
Pewsey, Devizes district, Wiltshire
Midsh. 01.05.1929
A/S.Lt. 01.09.1931
S.Lt. 01.01.1932
Lt. 01.02.1933
Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1941
Cdr. 31.12.1944
Capt. 31.12.1950 (retd 19.12.1955; own request)
Mention in Despatches

MID

23.05.1952 Korea (up to 09.07.1951)
... - ... ...
03.05.1939 - (08.)1940 Gunnery Officer, HMS Forth (submarine depot ship) (and for flotilla duties)
26.08.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for gunnery school)
03.03.1941 - (06.)1942 Gunnery Officer, HMS Trinidad (cruiser)
15.06.1942 - (02.)1944 HMS Mercury II (Admiralty signal establishment, Haslemere)
01.05.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
15.08.1944 - (01.)1945 Gunnery Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship)
06.02.1945 - 01.1946 Plans Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
31.01.1946 - (10.1948) Naval Attaché, Stockholm, Sweden
(05.1949)     no appointment listed
01.05.1949 - (05.1950) HMS Theseus (aircraft carrier) (despatches)
(05.1951)     no appointment listed
(08.1951) - (10.1951) Commanding Officer, HMS Apollo (minelayer)
01.09.1952 - (04.)1955 Deputy Director of Naval Ordnance (F), Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
Larking,
Dennis Augustus Hugo
N. Lanyon
Son of late Col. Cuthbert Larking, JP (1842-1910), and Lady Adela Maria Hare (1845-1912), daughter of 2nd Earl of Listowel, of Uckfield, Sussex.
Married 1st (25.01.1902; divorced 1924) Muriel Campbell Rankine (1878? - 28.09.1957), daughter of the late William Macbean Rankine, of Dudhope, Forfarshire; two daughters, one son.
Married 2nd (08.07.1925) Nina Bianca Allatini (? - 12.07.1983), daughter of late Charles Allatini, of Salonica & Italy; one son.

Original service record available upon request.

Service record available upon request.

20.01.1876
East Grinstead, Sussex
-
20.04.1970
Juan les Pins, France
Cadet 15.01.1890
Midsh. 15.06.1892
A/S.Lt. 18.02.1896
S.Lt. 02.11.1896, seniority 15.12.1895
Lt. 30.06.1898 (reld 01.06.1905) (retd 03.10.1906; unfit [defective vision]) (re-employed 03.08.1914)
A/Cdr. (retd) 23.02.1915
Cdr. (retd) 20.01.1916
A/Capt. (retd) 17.01.1917
Capt. (retd) 11.11.1918 * (reverted to retd 17.08.1919) (re-employed 17.10.1939) (reverted to retd 18.11.1939) (re-employed 19.02.1940) (dispersed 02.04.1946) (reld 30.06.1946) (reverted to retd 01.07.1946)
Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George

CMG

03.06.1916 valuable services rendered in connection with the war
Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur (France) LegH 25.11.1921 ?
? Hkn 03.08.1943 King Haakon's Commendation Medal (Norway)
Commander of the Order of St Olav (Norway) StOlav 04.03.1947

for services as British Naval Liaison Officer with the Royal Norwegian Navy during the war

Order of White Eagle, 4th class with swords (Serbia; 02.11.1917); Commander, Order of SS Maurice and Lazarus (Italy; 10.07.1919); Commander, Order of the Crown of Italy (Italy; 07.06.1918); War Cross (Italy; 17.03.1919)
* in recognition of services rendered during the war
Education: Stubbington House, Fareham; HMS Britannia.
15.01.1890     entered RN (served in Mediterranean, West Indian, and China Stations):
15.01.1890 - 14.01.1892 HMS Britannia (training ship)
15.01.1892 - 04.02.1892 HMS Victory
05.02.1892 - 15.07.1894 HMS Dreadnought (additional) (Mediterranean)
16.07.1894 - 13.08.1894 HMS Warspite
14.08.1894 - 13.09.1894 HMS Victory
14.09.1894 - 04.10.1895 HMS Volage (Training Squadron)
05.10.1895 - 11.12.1895 HMS Royal Sovereign ([Africa?] Squadron)
12.12.1895 - 15.12.1895 HMS Inflexible
18.02.1896 - 17.10.1896 RN College [HMS Vernon, HMS Excellent, HMS Victory]
02.11.1896 - 03.02.1897 HMS Hasty [tender to HMS Victory] (Home Fleet)
04.02.1897 - 10.07.1900 HMS Rattler ([Africa?])
10.07.1900 - 09.1900 HMS [Aconies?] (manoeuvres)
09.1900 - 01.12.1900 HMS Colossus (coast guard)
01.02.1901 - 1901 HMS Empress of India (Mediterranean)
1901 - 09.06.1903 HMS Caesar
10.06.1903 - 01.06.1905 in command of Mediterranean torpedo-boat destroyers (HMS Crane (tender to HMS Orion), from 15.02.1904 HMS Earnest (tender to HMS Leander)]
03.08.1914 - 08.11.1915 2nd Sea Lord's Office, Admiralty [HMS President]
08.11.1915 - 07.1919 Naval Attaché, Rome
16.07.1919 - 16.08.1919 Admiralty [HMS  President] (additional; for duty in Intelligence Division)
17.10.1939 - 18.11.1939 HMS President (additional; as Naval Representative on University Selection Board, University College Nottingham)
19.02.1940 - 06.05.1940 HMS President (additional; for duty outside Admiralty with Director of Naval Intelligence)
07.05.1940 - 24.02.1941 Naval Attaché, Budapest (Balkans) [HMS President (additional)]
25.02.1941 - 18.06.1941 Naval Attaché, Belgrade & Budapest [HMS President (additional)]
19.06.1941 - 07.09.1941 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (not to join)
08.09.1941 - 10.06.1942 Liaison Officer, Royal Norwegian Navy Headquarters, London [HMS President]
11.06.1942 - 01.04.1946 on staff of Principal Naval Liaison Officer to Allied Navies, Admiralty as Liaison Officer with Royal Norwegian Naval HQ London [HMS President]
Member of Lloyd's.
Lascelles,
Oliver

O. Lascelles
05.03.1921
-
10.10.1999
... ...
Lt. 16.01.1943
... ...
Cdr. 30.06.1957 (retd 18.09.1965)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire MBE 02.01.1950 ?
Distinguished Service Cross

DSC

07.09.1943 ?
Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne.
... - ... ...
? - (10.1945) HMS Unbending
... - ... ...
Launders,
James Stuart
"Jimmy"
J.S. Launders
Married ((03?).1943, South Shields district, Durham) Olive Johnston (died 13.04.2010, aged 89); ... children (one son?).

18.08.1919
-
11.10.1980
Kensington district, London
Cadet
01.01.1938
Midsh.
01.01.1939
A/S.Lt.
01.09.1940
S.Lt.
?
Lt.
01.04.1941
A/Lt.Cdr.
< 04.1946
Lt.Cdr.
01.04.1949
Cdr.
30.06.1957
Capt.
30.06.1966 (retd 29.11.1974; medically unfit)
Distinguished Service Order

DSO

30.01.1945
2 patrols & support operations, Northern waters [investiture 27.07.1945]
Distinguished Service Order DSO
24.04.1945
patrols Norwegian waters since 02.1945 [investiture 27.07.1945]
Distinguished Service Cross

DSC

22.12.1942
gallantry on war patrols in the Mediterranean [investiture 13.07.1943]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
18.07.1944
Norwegian patrols, 2 supply ships sunk [investiture 27.07.1945]
01.01.1938
-
31.12.1938
special entry cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser)
01.01.1939
-
(02.)1939
HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet)
21.03.1939
-
(04.)1940
HMS Repulse (battlecruiser)
01.09.1940
-
(10.)1940
promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
30.12.1940
-
(02.)1941
submarine course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin]
01.09.1941
-
(12.)1941
First Lieutenant, HMS H 28 (submarine)
07.12.1941
-
(08.1942)
First Lieutenant, HMS P 35 (submarine)
?
-
(02.)1943
submarine Commanding Officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin]
18.05.1943
-
(03.1945)
Commanding Officer, HMS Venturer (submarine)
(04.1946)


no appointment listed
01.1947?


HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) ?
01.07.1947
-
(07.1948)
Commanding Officer, HMS Meteorite (submarine)
28.03.1949
-
(05.1949)
HMS Dryad (navigation school, Portsmouth)
04.1950
-
(05.1950)
HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport) (for miscellaneous duties)
05.07.1951
-
(05.)1953
Commanding Officer, HMS Alcide (submarine)
1953
 
 
HMS President (Admiralty)
22.03.1954
-
(04.)1955
HMS Wakeful (anti-submarine frigate)
02.06.1955
-
(01.1957)
on staff of Flag Officer, Malaya [HMS Terror (RN base, Singapore)]
19.05.1958
-
(01.1959)
on staff of Flag Officer Commanding Reserve Fleet [HMS Vanguard (Reserve Fleet HQ, Portsmouth)] (as Command Work Study Officer and as Officer-in-Charge No. 4 Fleet Work Study Team)
29.08.1960
-
1960
long tactical course
12.1960
-
(07.1961)
Staff Officer (Operations), Naval Forces Northern Europe (NATO)
(02.1963)


no appointment listed
20.05.1963
-
(02.1964)
for duty with Chief Polaris Executive, Admiralty [HMS President]
30.03.1966
-
?
for duty with Director General Weapons (Naval), Bath [HMS President]
(02.1968)


HM Dockyard, Rosyth **
18.11.1968
-
(08?).1970
Commanding Officer, HMS Forth (submarine depot ship, Singapore) & as Captain (S/M) 7th Submarine Squadron
(08.1971)


Weapons Department (Naval) **
05.1972
-
?
Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland
07.07.1974
-
01.01.1975
also: Naval ADC to the Queen
* (07.1945) still indexed, but no longer listed as such
** indexed, but not listed as such
Laurence,
Sir Noel Frank
N.F. Laurence (© National Portrait Gallery, London NPG x32611) N.F. Laurence (© National Portrait Gallery, London NPG x32610)
N.F. Laurence (© National Portrait Gallery, London NPG x32609) N.F. Laurence
N.F. Laurence N.F. Laurence
N.F. Laurence (© Imperial War Museum HU 123890) N.F. Laurence (© Imperial War Museum HU 123889)
Son of Frederic Laurence, of Maidstone.
Married (13.05.1917) Esme Joan Coghlan White; two sons, one daughter.

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27.12.1882
Maidstone
-
26.01.1970
Surrey Northern district, Surrey
Midsh. 15.01.1900
A/S.Lt. 15.01.1903
S.Lt. 13.06.1904, seniority 15.01.1903
Lt. 03.12.1904, seniority 15.01.1904
Lt.Cdr. 15.01.1912
Cdr. 31.12.1914
Capt. 31.12.1919
Cdre. 2nd cl. 01.01.1930
R.Adm. 23.09.1932
V.Adm. 12.07.1936
Adm. 01.08.1940 (retd 06.04.1942; own request) (reverted to retd 14.01.1943)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB 09.06.1938 HM's birthday 1938
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 04.06.1934 HM's birthday 1934
Distinguished Service Order DSO 24.02.1916

for his services in charge of British submarines operating in the Baltic Sea

Distinguished Service Order DSO 01.01.1917

in recognition of the skill and determination which he showed in making a successful submarine attack on an enemy Battle Squadron on the 5th November, 1916

Russian Order of St George, 4th cl.; Chevalier Légion d'Honneur (France) (15.04.1916); Russian Order of St Vladimir, 4th cl.; Spanish Order of Naval Merit, 3rd cl. (06.11.1929)
15.09.1899     entered RN
      Commanding Officer, HMS E 1 (submarine) (torpedoed 2 German battleships Jutland, 1915 (despatches, DSO, bar)); Senior Officer British Submarines, Baltic
01.10.1921 - (08.)1923 RN War College, Greenwich
03.10.1923 - (01.1925) Flag Captain, HMS Chatham (cruiser) & as Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief East Indies
12.04.1926 - (05.)1926 senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth
01.07.1926 - 01.07.1927 Assistant Director of Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
01.07.1927 - (04.)1928 Director of Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
10.04.1928 - (06.)1928 senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth
01.06.1928 - (08.)1929 Commanding Officer, HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier) (Mediterranean)
01.01.1930 - 15.01.1932 Commodore of the RN Barracks Devonport [HMS Vivid]
12.02.1932 - 1932 also: Naval ADC to the King
19.01.1932 - (09.)1932 imperial defence course, Imperial Defence College
10.12.1932 - (07.)1934 Rear-Admiral (Submarines) [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)]
14.01.1935 - (02.)1935 senior officers' technical course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
07.05.1935 - (07.1935) tactical course, Portsmouth
16.02.1936 - 27.07.1937 Vice-Admiral Aircraft Carriers [HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier)]
(02.1938) - (10.1938) no appointment listed
14.11.1938 - 20.11.1938 HMS President (additional)
21.11.1938 - 01.1941 Admiral Commanding Reserves [HMS President I]
13.01.1941 - 13.01.1943 Chief Naval Representative at Ministry of Aircraft Production [HMS President]
Lavers,
Harold Charles
H.C. Lavers

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12.09.1894
Plymouth, Devon

-
06.04.1972
Seaman
? [M2455]
Lt. (E)
14.11.1937
Lt.Cdr. (E)
14.11.1945 (retd)
01.10.1923
 
 
commissioned RN
...
-
...
...
28.06.1937
-
(12.1939)
HMS Hebe (minesweeper)
26.03.1940
-
(02.)1941
HMS Whaddon (destroyer)
(12.1941)


no appointment listed
(08.1942)


no appointment listed
16.09.1942
-
(04.)1944
RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake]
14.06.1944
-
(06.1944)
HMS Cormorant (RN base, Gibraltar) (for flotilla duties)
10.05.1945
-
(07.1945)
French Ship Paris (for trawler maintenance duties)
...
-
...
...
Law,
Edward Francis Bold
E.F.B. Law

Married (19.11.1913) ...

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21.03.1891
-
29.12.1977
Midsh. 15.09.1908
S.Lt. 30.10.1911
Lt. 30.09.1913
Lt.Cdr. 30.09.1921
Cdr. 30.06.1927
Capt. 30.06.1930 (retd 12.01.1943) (dispersed 16.05.1946) (reverted to retd 26.07.1946)
15.01.1904     entered service
... - ... ...
06.03.1939 - 09.1939 Commanding Officer, HMS Scarborough (escort vessel) [tender to HMS Pembroke]
09.1939 - 13.11.1939 HMS Kent (additional; as Surveying Officer on staff of Commander-in-Chief, China)
14.11.1939 - 20.04.1940 on staff of Commodore Malaya [HMS Tamar II (additional), from 01.01.1940 HMS Sultan (additional)]
28.05.1940 - 27.11.1940 Naval Assistant to the Hydrographer, Admiralty [HMS President (additional)]
28.11.1940 - 05.04.1942 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty in Naval Intelligence Division & in charge of survey)
06.04.1942 - 21.08.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Hecla (destroyer depot ship, Iceland)
08.1942 - 1944 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Diego Suarez [HMS Ironclad (RN base, Diego Suarez, Madagascar)]
28.07.1942 - 12.01.1943 also: Naval ADC to the King
11.07.1944 - 14.08.1944 HMS Victory IV (additional; for disposal)
15.08.1944 - 31.12.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Royal Anne (Naval Party 1500, Arromanches [Mulberry B]) & as Naval Officer-in-Charge, Arromanches
01.01.1945 - 31.01.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Royal Charles (Naval Party 1747, Le Havre/Calais) & as Senior Naval Officer, British Operated Ports (France) & as Naval Officer-in-Charge, Calais
01.02.1945 - 08.03.1945 HMS Victory IV (additional; for disposal)
09.08.1945 - 14.03.1945 HMS Victory (additional)
15.03.1945 - 15.05.1946 Deputy Superintendent & Captain of the Dockyard & as King's Harbour Master, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (additional)]
Law,
[Sir] Horace Rochfort
H.R. Law
H.R. Law
H.R. Law H.R. Law
H.R. Law (Imperial War Museum © IWM (A 34215)) 
Son of Horace Samuel Law (1873-1940), MD, FRCSI, and Sybil Mary Clay (1878-1952).
Brother of Lt. Ronald Pakenham Law, RNVR.
Cousin ot S.Lt. Thomas Pakenham Law, RNVR (their fathers were brothers).

Married (13.12.1941) Heather Valerie Coryton (16.03.1917 - 10.1996); two sons, two daughters.


23.06.1911
Dublin, Ireland
-
30.01.2005
Petersfield, Hampshire
Midsh.
01.09.1930
A/S.Lt.
01.01.1933
S.Lt.
1934, seniority 01.09.1932
Lt.
01.10.1933
Lt.Cdr.
01.10.1941
Cdr.
30.06.1946
Capt.
30.06.1952
R.Adm.
07.07.1961
V.Adm.
05.06.1965
Adm.
17.09.1968 (retd 01.08.1972)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath GCB
01.01.1972
New Year 1972
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
01.01.1967
New Year 1967
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
08.06.1963
HM's birthday 1963
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
01.01.1951
New Year 1951
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
11.11.1941
Greek withdrawal 04.1941
Mention in Despatches MID
23.01.1941
courageous action Norwegian waters 05.1940
Grand Cross, Order of the Crown (Netherlands), 1972.
Education: Sherborne School
1929


entered RN
06.09.1930
-
(10.)1930
HMS Barham (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)
02.12.1930
-
(02.)1931
HMS Valiant (battleship) (Atlantic Fleet)
30.05.1931
-
(09.1932)
HMS Effingham (cruiser) (East Indies)
05.01.1933
-
(06).1933
promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
21.08.1933
-
(01.)1934
promotion course, Portsmouth
08.05.1934
-
(07.)1935
HMS Wolfhound (destroyer) (Home Fleet)
01.07.1935
-
(02.1936)
HMS Despatch (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
04.01.1937
-
(07.)1937
qualifying for gunnery duties, HMS Excellent
01.11.1937
-
(02.)1938
HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school)
20.04.1938
-
(08.)1938
Assistant Gunnery Officer, HMS Rodney (battleship) (Home Fleet)
08.09.1938
-
(10.1938)
HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
05.01.1939
-
(08.)1939
advanced gunnery course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
24.08.1939
-
(04.)1940
Gunnery Officer, HMS Cairo (anti-aircraft ship)
27.06.1940
-
(02.)1941
Gunnery Officer, HMS Coventry (anti-aircraft ship)
06.1941
-
(08.)1942
HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
22.11.1942
-
(06.)1944
Gunnery Officer, HMS Nigeria (cruiser)
09.1944
-
(07.1945)
HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
21.01.1946
-
(04.)1946
Commanding Officer, HMS Modeste
25.07.1946
-
(07.1948)
Gunnery and Anti-Aircraft Warfare Divisiob, Admiralty [HMS President]
(05.1949)


no appointment listed
06.1949
-
(05.1950)
on staff of Flag Officer Commanding 5th Cruiser Squadron & Second-in-Command Far Eastern Station [HMS Belfast]
01.09.1952
-
(05.1953)
Commanding Officer, HMS Duchess
23.04.1954
-
(01.)1956
Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)]
29.08.1956
-
(01.1957)
Director, RN Tactical School (Woolwich) [HMS President]
1958


Commanding Officer, HMS Centaur
26.08.1960
-
(07.)1961
Commanding Officer, Britannia RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Dartmouth]
06.12.1961
-
(02.)1963
Flag Officer Sea Training & in command Portland Naval Base [HMS Osprey]
28.05.1963
-
1965
Flag Officer, Submarines [HMS Dolphin (submarine depot, Gosport)] & COMSUBEASTLANT (NATO)
30.07.1965
-
1970
Controller of the Navy
28.02.1970
-
28.02.1972
Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command, and Flag Officer, Portsmouth Area [HMS Victory]
21.04.1970
-
1972
also: First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen
Chairman, R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie & Co., 1973-1981. Member, Security Commission, 1973-1982. President: RINA, 1975-1977; Officers' Christian Union, 1976-1986; Chairman, Church Army Board, 1980-1987.
Lawford,
Edward Douglas Wyndham
E.D.W. Lawford (© Imperial War Museum (A 27914))
Married (04.07.1913, Holy Trinity, Brompton) Elisabeth Marion Tones; two daughters.

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26.02.1887
Underhill Oswestry, Shropshire
-
17.10.1979
Tonbridge district, Kent
... ...
Lt. ?
Lt.Cdr. ?
Cdr. (retd) ?
A/Capt. (retd) ?

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division)

OBE 01.01.1962 New Year 1962
Distinguished Service Order DSO 26.01.1943 escorting Russian convoy 07.1942
... - ... ...
       
       
... - ... ...
Lawrence,
John Samuel Hervey
J.S.H. Lawrence (© Imperial War Museum (A 27003)) J.S.H. Lawrence (© Imperial War Museum (A 27004))
J.S.H. Lawrence (© Imperial War Museum)
Son (with one brother and one sister) of Maj. Hervey Lawrence (1881-1975), and Dorothy Marshall Snelgrove (1875-1920).
Married ((03?).1932, Winchester district, Hampshire) Adela Clare Thomsine Standish (11.02.1911 - 01.02.1980), daughter (with two brothers and two sisters) of William Pery Standish (1860-1922), and Evelyn Cecilia Phipps (1875-1954).

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12.04.1909
Farnham, Surrey
-
29.12.1992
Cadet 01.09.1926
Midsh. 01.05.1927
A/S.Lt. 01.09.1929
S.Lt. 01.03.1930
Lt. 01.10.1931
Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1939
Cdr. 31.12.1945 (retd 02.07.1957)

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division)

OBE 09.06.1955 HM's birthday 1955 [investiture 12.07.1955]
15.01.1923     entered RN
... - ... ...
15.04.1937 - (04.)1940 Flag Lieutenant-Commander to Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station [HMS Berwick (cruiser), later HMS Malabar (RN base, Bermuda)]
(05.1940)     HMS Malabar (RN base, Jamaica) *
01.05.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Eaglet (RN base, Liverpool)
(04.)1941 - (08.)1941 Signal Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
22.09.1941 - (04.)1942 HMS Valiant (Queen Elizabeth class battleship)
28.05.1942 - (08.)1942 Squadron Signals & Wireless-Telegraphy Officer, Destroyers Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Woolwich (destroyer depot ship)]
08.1942 - (08.)1943 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt) (additional; for various services)
(10.1943)     no appointment listed
(12.1943)     HMS Hannibal (RN base, Taranto, Italy) *
01.01.1944 - (12.1944) on staff of Flag Officer Taranto and Adriatic [HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto, Italy)]
(01.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
... - ... ...
* indexed, but not listed as such
Lawrey,
Martin
M. Lawrey
Married (Bermuda) Elizabeth Gosling, daughter of the Hon. Ambrose Gosling; two sons, one daughter.

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16.08.1897
Falmouth district, Cornwall
-
17.09.1939
[St Gluvias Church Cemetery, Cornwall, section 1, row 11, grave 11]
Asst. Clerk 15.01.1915
Paym.S.Lt. 15.11.1917
Paym.Lt. 15.09.1919
Paym.Lt.Cdr. 15.09.1927
Paym.Cdr. 30.06.1935
Barrister-at-law, called to the bar by Gray's Inn in 1932.
15.01.1915     entered RN
01.1915 - 04.1915 HMS Drake (cruiser) (Northern Patrol)
05.1915 - 1919 on the staffs of the Commodore and Rear-Admiral Commanding 1st & 6th Light Cruiser Squadrons [HMS Galatea (cruiser) & HMS Cardiff (cruiser)] (Battle of Jutland, the Heligoland action 11.1917, operations in the Baltic 1918-1919)]
      on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches
27.09.1921 - (08.1923) HMS Ramillies (battleship)
26.05.1924 - (05.)1926 Assistant Secretary on staff of Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station [HMS Calcutta (cruiser)]
01.11.1926 - (06.1928) HMS Impregnable (boys' training establishment, Devonport)
01.08.1929 - (03.)1931 Admiralty [HMS President] (for Naval Intelligence Division)
01.08.1931 - (01.)1932 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for accountant officers' technical course)
10.05.1932 - (06.)1933 HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (Home Fleet)
19.08.1933 - (07.)1935 Secretary of Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship)]
03.09.1935 - 1935 HMS Boscawen (RN base, Portland) (temporarily)
06.12.1935 - 09.09.1938 Secretary to Commodore, Malaya [HMS Terror II (RN base, Singapore)]
(10.1938)     no appointment listed
(02.1939)     no appointment listed
06.03.1939     HMS President (for course at HMS Victory)
(04.1939) - (05.1939) short course of instruction
01.07.1939 - 17.09.1939 HMS Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Reserve Fleet, Devonport) (torpedoed & sunk by U-29 west of Ireland)
Laws,
Arthur Ernest Leonard
A.E.L. Laws
Son of ... Laws, and ... Winzar.

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25.05.1913
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
-
03.01.1996
Wantage, Berkshire

A/Gnr.
10.02.1945
Cd.Gnr.
?, seniority 10.02.1945
Sen.Cd.Gnr.
01.10.1952
Lt. (Special Duties List) (G)
01.01.1957 (retd 07.09.1958)
(07.1945)
-
(04.1946)
no appointment listed
13.06.1949
-
(05.1950)
HMS Cygnet
30.04.1951
-
(05.1953)
HMS Collingwood
18.07.1955
-
(01.1956)
HMS Excellent
Lawson,
Cecil Graham
C.G. Lawson

Son of Capt. Bennet Lawson and Minnie Elizabeth Lawson; husband of Edith Mary Connor Lawson, of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.
(12?).1907
Greenwich
-
10.12.1941
(KIA) [age 34]
[Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 44, column 2]
Prob. S.Lt. RNR
20.07.1931
S.Lt. RNR
08.10.1935, seniority 20.07.1931
Lt. RNR
19.10.1935
Prob. Lt. (Supplementary List)
?, seniority 25.11.1931
A/Lt.
?
Lt.
18.05.1938, seniority 25.11.1931
Lt.Cdr.
25.11.1939
21.09.1935
-
(02.1936)
HMS Neptune (cruiser)
(07.1937)


no appointment listed
16.12.1937
-
(02.1938)
HMS Revenge (battleship)
04.04.1938
-
(08.1938)
First Lieutenant, HMS Hazard (minesweeper)
12.09.1938
-
(08.1939)
RN Barracks, Chatham [HMS Pembroke]
06.09.1939
-
(04.1940)
HMS Suffolk (cruiser)
15.01.1941
-
10.12.1941
HMS Prince of Wales (battleship)
Lawson,
Frederick Charles William
"Derick"
F.C.W. Lawson F.C.W. Lawson
Son of M.L. Lawson, formerly of Public Works Department, Punjab, India.
Married ((06?).1945, Eastbourne district, Sussex) Dorothy Mary Norman
(07.01.1914-02.1986), Eastbourne; one son, three daughters.

20.04.1917
Simla, India
-
25.01.2010
Avon Park, Limpley Stoke
Cadet 01.01.1935
Midsh. (E) 01.01.1936
S.Lt. (E) 01.01.1938
Lt. (E) 01.01.1939
A/Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.11.1944
Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.01.1947
Cdr. (E) 31.12.1949
Capt. (E) 30.06.1960
R.Adm. 07.01.1969 (retd 03.01.1972)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 12.06.1971 HM's birthday 1971 [investiture 30.11.1971]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 22.09.1942 Operation Harpoon [investiture 23.03.1943]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 1945 [decoration posted]
Education: Bishop Cotton School, Simla; Eastbourne College; RN Engineering College, Keyham.
01.01.1935     special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser)
01.01.1936 - (08.1939) course of instruction in engineering, RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake]
12.12.1939 - (04.)1940 HMS Berwick (cruiser)
29.08.1940 - (02.)1941 course of instruction in engineering, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
15.08.1941 - (08.)1942 HMS Liverpool (cruiser) (DSC)
21.09.1942 - (10.)1943 HMS Duke of York (battleship)
16.11.1943 - (06.)1944 HMS Aurora (cruiser) (Bar to DSC)
04.07.1944 - (04.)1947 an Assistant Engineer Inspector, Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
02.10.1947 - (05.1949) HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport) (for miscellaneous duties)
(05.1950)     Admiralty [HMS President] *
14.01.1953 - (05.)1953 staff, RN College, Dartmouth [HMS Britannia]
09.11.1953 - (01.)1956 HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for miscellaneous duties)
05.11.1956 - (01.1957) HMS Albion
01.09.1958 - (01.1959) Deputy Manager Engineering Department (Production), HM Dockyard Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
25.04.1960 - (07.1961) Deputy Manager Engineering Department (Administration), HM Dockyard Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
01.07.1962 - (02.1964) Chief Staff Officer (Tech.) to Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth & as Chief Staff Officer (Tech.) to COMCENTLANT and COMPLYMCHAN, and for duty with Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet as Captain Fleet Maintenance [HMS Drake]
06.11.1965 - (02.)1969 Commodore Superintendent, HM Dockyard Singapore
1969 - 10.1971 Flag Officer, Medway & Admiral Superintendent, HM Dockyard, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] (CB)
Chief Executive, Royal Dockyards, Ministry of Defence, 1972-1975. MIMechE.
Lawson,
John Monteith
J.M. Lawson
Son (with two sisters) of Cdr. Noel John Cecil Lawson, MBE, RNR (1887-1964), and Edith Mathews Monteith, of Horsham, Sussex.
Brother of actresses Sarah E. Lawson and Anne Lawson.
20.03.1922
47 Earl's Court Square, Kensington, London
-
23.03.1943
(MPK) [age 21]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 73, column 1]
Midsh. 01.01.1940
A/S.Lt. 01.09.1941
S.Lt. 01.01.1942
Education: RN College, Dartmouth (01.09.1935-04.04.1939; Admiralty No. 1569a; Hawke House).
01.01.1940 - (02.)1941 HMS Rodney (battleship)
01.09.1941 - 12.1941 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
05.01.1942 - 08.03.1942 HMS Elfin (submarine base, Blyth) (for submarine course)
09.03.1942 - 17.03.1942 HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) (as spare officer)
18.03.1942 - 13.05.1942 HMS Medway (submarine depot ship) (additional, then as spare officer)
14.05.1942 - 24.08.1942 HMS Taku (submarine) [11-23.07.1942 sick on the books of HMS Medway]
25.08.1942 - ? HMS Thrasher (submarine) [04.12.1942-... sick on the books of HMS Maidstone]
(02.1943)     HMS Thrasher (submarine) *
? - 23.03.1943 HMS Turbulent (submarine) (ship lost off Sardinia)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Layard,
Arthur Frank Capel
A.F.C. Layard

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28.11.1899
Steyning, Sussex
-
25.11.1999
Chichester, Sussex
Lt.
15.02.1920
Lt.Cdr.
15.02.1928
A/Cdr.
08.1943?
A/Cdr. ?
?
Cdr.
28.11.1944 (retd 1940/50s)

Distinguished Service Order

DSO
16.03.1943
Operation Torch, assault Algiers
Distinguished Service Cross

DSC

03.07.1945
probable destruction of U-boat North Sea 06.02.1945
Mention in Despatches MID
27.02.1945
saved ship damaged in air attack 20.07.1944
09.1912     entered RN
      specialized in Gunnery
(10.1932)     Commanding Officer, HMS Vivacious (destroyer)
17.08.1937 - (08.1939) Experimental Department, Gunnery School, Portsmouth [HMS Excellent]
[12.01.1939 - 17.08.1939 Commanding Officer, HMCS Gaspe (minesweeper) ?]
  - 31.03.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Firedrake (destroyer) (probably never actually assumed command)
04.1942 - (08.1942) Commanding Officer, HMS Broke (destroyer)
29.12.1942 - (06.1943) HMS President:
(02.1943)     Department of Miscellaneous Weapon Development, Admiralty
(06.1943)     for duty with Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons), Admiralty
08.1943 - (04.1944) Commanding Officer, HMS Salisbury (destroyer)
06.04.1944 - 02.07.1945 lent to RCN:
06.04.1944 - 26.07.1944 Commanding Officer, HMCS Matane (frigate)
30.07.1944 - 04.11.1944 Commanding Officer, HMCS Swansea (frigate)
(02.1945) - 22.02.1945 Commanding Officer, HMCS St. John (frigate)
23.02.1945 -   Commanding Officer, HMCS Loch Alvie (frigate)
(07.1945) - (04.1946) no appointment listed
Literature: Michael Whitby (ed), Commanding Canadians : the Second World War diaries of A.F.C. Layard (2005).
Layman,
Herbert Francis Hope
H.F.H. Layman
Son of Maj. F.H. Layman, 11th Hussars.
Married ([12?}.1934, Portsmouth), Elizabeth, only daughter of Rear-Admiral A.P. Hughes; one son, one daughter.
Last residence: Blewbury, Didcot, Oxfordshire.

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23.03.1899
-
21.12.1989
Wallingford, Berkshire
A/Lt.
?
Lt.
15.07.1921
Lt.Cdr.
15.07.1929
Cdr.
30.06.1936
A/Capt.
< 02.1943
Capt.
31.12.1943 (retd 08.01.1953)

Distinguished Service Order

DSO
07.06.1940
1st Battle of Narvik
Distinguished Service Order DSO
03.12.1940
sinking of Italian submarines Durbo & Lafole 10.1940
Education: Haileybury
1918


Grand Fleet
24.11.1922
-
(01.1925)
HMS Curlew (cruiser) (North America & West Indies)
05.10.1925
-
(05.)1926
qualifying for signal duties, HM Signal School, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
23.10.1926
-
(07.1927)
Flag Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Commanding 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Royal Sovereign (battleship)] (Mediterranean)
20.12.1928
-
(04.)1930
Signal Officer, HMS Keppel (flotilla leader) & for Signal and W/T duties in 3rd Destroyer Flotilla (Mediterranean)
16.06.1930
-
(01.)1932
Signal Officer, HMS Ganges (RN base, Harwich, Essex & training establishment, Shotley)
18.07.1932
-
(09.1932)
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for Signal School)
14.09.1933
-
(02.)1936
Fleet Signal Officer, Home Fleet [HMS Nelson (battleship)]
05.1936
-
(07.1937)
HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for Signal School (Experimental))
11.01.1938
-
(10.1938)
staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
03.01.1939
-
(02.)1941
Commanding Officer, HMS Hotspur (destroyer)
25.05.1942
-
(08.)1942
Signal Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
04.09.1942
-
(12.1943)
HMS President (for service with Signal Department, Admiralty)
15.02.1944
-
(07.)1945
Deputy Director Signal Division (Y), Admiralty, and for duty with Director of Naval Intelligence [HMS President]
20.11.1945
-
03.1946
Commanding Officer, HMS Rajah (escort carrier)
24.03.1946
-
(07.)1948
Commanding Officer, HMS Hornbill (RN Air Station, Culham, Berkshire)
10.01.1949
-
1951
Director of Radio Equipment, Admiralty [HMS President]
1951
-
1953
Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, The Nore
Vice­President, Tennis and Rackets Association.
Published: articles on rackets.
* indexed, but not listed as such
Layton,
Sir Geoffrey
G. Layton G. Layton
G. Layton (© Imperial War Museum IWM ART LD 5673)) G. Layton
Fourth son of George Layton, solicitor, of Liverpool.
Married (17.12.1908, Parish Church, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton) Eleanor Gwladys Langley (19.02.1882 - 02.05.1972), elder daughter of Frederick T. Langley, of Tettenhall, Wolverhampton; three daughters.

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20.04.1884
Liverpool, West Derby district, Lancashire
-
04.09.1964
RN Hospital, Haslar, Portsmouth, Hampshire (formerly of Rowlands Castle, Hampshire)
Midsh. 30.09.1900
S.Lt. 10.04.1905, seniority 30.11.1903
Lt. 30.11.1905
Lt.Cdr. 30.11.1913
Cdr. 31.12.1916
Capt. 31.12.1922
Cdre. 2nd cl. [> 02.1932, < 05.1932]-11.03.1933,
04.05.1934-23.01.1935
R.Adm. 24.01.1935
V.Adm. 22.10.1938
Adm. 15.09.1942 (retd 16.05.1947; at own request in order to facilitate the promotion of junior officers)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire GBE 01.01.1947 New Year 1947 [investiture 28.01.1947]

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

KCB  11.07.1940 HM's birthday 1940 [investiture 17.07.1940]
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 26.06.1936 HM's birthday 1936
Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George KCMG 01.01.1945 New Year 1945

Distinguished Service Order

DSO 17.04.1918 submarine service
Grand Cross of the Order of Orange Nassau (Netherlands) OON 19.01.1943 services to Dutch navy [decoration posted]
Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur (France) LegH 12.12.1919 ?
Education: Eastman's, Winchester; HMS Britannia; Imperial Defence College.
15.05.1899     joined the Royal Navy
1900     HMS Niobe (cruiser) (Channel Squadron)
1905 - mid 1920s submarine service
... - ... ...
08.08.1927 - (02.)1929 Deputy Director of Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
14.01.1930 - (10.1930) imperial defence course, Imperial Defence College [HMS President]
09.01.1931 - 27.02.1931 Commanding Officer, HMS Suffolk (cruiser)
28.02.1931 - 12.1931 Flag Captain & Chief of Staff to Adm. Sir William Archibald Howard Kelly, GBE, KCB, CMG, MVO, Commander-in-Chief, China Station [HMS Suffolk (cruiser)]
12.1931 - 11.03.1933 Chief of Staff to Adm. Sir William Archibald Howard Kelly, GBE, KCB, CMG, MVO, Commander-in-Chief, China Station [HMS Kent (cruiser)]
14.08.1933 - 03.05.1934 Commanding Officer, HMS Renown (battlecruiser)
03.08.1934 - 24.01.1935 Naval ADC to the King
04.05.1934 - 17.02.1936 Commodore of Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
18.02.1936 - 23.02.1938 Admiralty [HMS President] (additional; for service inside Admiralty)
24.02.1936 - 09.05.1938 Director of Personal Services, Admiralty [HMS President]
23.08.1938 - 10.01.1939 Rear-Admiral | Vice-Admiral Commanding Battle Cruiser Squadron [HMS Hood]
10.01.1939 - 19.11.1939 Vice-Admiral Commanding 1st Battle Squadron and [already since 19.09.1938] Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Barham (Queen Elizabeth class battleship)
20.11.1939 - 15.06.1940 Flag Officer Commanding 18th Squadron [HMS Manchester (Southampton class cruiser)]
06.07.1940 - 09.07.1940 HMS President (additional; whilst unemployed)
10.07.1940 - 12.09.1940 Commander-in-Chief, China Station [HMS Tamar (RN base, Hong Kong)]
12.09.1940 - 08.12.1941 Commander-in-Chief, China Station [HMS Sultan (RN base, Singapore)]
10.12.1941 - 12.02.1942 Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet (temporary) [HMS Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon)]
05.03.1942 - 22.11.1944 Commander-in-Chief, East Indies (Ceylon) [HMS Lanka]
22.11.1944 - 08.01.1945 Commander-in-Chief, Ceylon [HMS Lanka]
01.03.1945 - 15.05.1947 Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
G. Layton G. Layton G. Layton G. Layton G. Layton (© Imperial War Museum (HU 123972)) G. Layton G. Layton (© Imperial War Museum (A 30051)) G. Layton (© Imperial War Museum (A 30052)) G. Layton (© Imperial War Museum (A 31042)) G. Layton (© Imperial War Museum (A 31041)) G. Layton (© Imperial War Museum (A 31040)) G. Layton (© Imperial War Museum (A 31039)) G. Layton G. Layton G. Layton G. Layton G. Layton G. Layton G. Layton (© Imperial War Museum (A 21892)) G. Layton (© Imperial War Museum (A 21894)) G. Layton (© Imperial War Museum (A 21889)) G. Layton (© Imperial War Museum (A 21898)) G. Layton (© Imperial War Museum (A 25477)) G. Layton (© Imperial War Museum (A 30872)) G. Layton (© Imperial War Museum (K 1253)) G. Layton G. Layton
Leach,
[Sir] Henry Conyers
H.C. Leach
H.C. Leach
H.C. Leach

Third son of Captain John Catterall Leach, MVO, DSO, RN and Evelyn Burrell Lee, of Yarner, Bovey Tracey, Devon.
Married (1958) Mary Jean McCall (died 28.06.1991), younger daughter of Adm. Sir Henry McCall, KCVO, KBE, CB, DSO; two daughters.
18.11.1923
Bovey Tracey, Devon
-
26.04.2011
Wonston, Winchester district, Hampshire
Midsh. 01.01.1941
A/S.Lt. 01.09.1942
S.Lt. ?, seniority 01.10.1942
Lt. 01.02.1944
Lt.Cdr. 01.02.1952
Cdr. 30.06.1955
Capt. 31.12.1961
R.Adm. 07.07.1971
V.Adm. 06.07.1974
Adm. 30.03.1977
Adm. of the Fleet 01.12.1982 (remained on the active list, but actually retd [02.12?.]1982)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath GCB 03.06.1978 HM's birthday 1978
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB 01.01.1977 New Year 1977
Education: St Peter's Court, Broadstairs; RN College Dartmouth (Grenville House; Admiralty No. 1805; 01.05.1937-...); psc 1952; jssc 1961.
      HMS Rodney (Nelson class battleship)
(02.1941)     HMS Edinburgh (improved Southampton class cruiser) *
(04.)1941 - (12.1941) HMS Mauritius (Fiji class cruiser) (S Atlantic and Indian Ocean)
[originally appointed to the HMS Prince of Wales (King George V class battleship), but as his father became Commanding Officer, there, he shifted to HMS Mauritius]
(02.1942)     no appointment listed
03.1942 - (06.)1942 HMS Sardonyx (destroyer)
24.08.1942 - (12.1942) promotion course, Portsmouth
01.02.1943 - (10.)1944 HMS Duke of York (King George V class battleship) (incl.
Scharnhorst action)
22.11.1944 - (04.1946) HMS Javelin (J class destroyer) (Mediterranean)
1947     specialized in Gunnery, RN College, Greenwich
19.12.1947 - (07.1948) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
1948 - 1951 various gunnery appointments:
(05.1950)     no appointment listed
06.10.1952 - (05.)1953 HMS President (for miscellaneous services)
1953 - 1955 Gunnery Officer, Newcastle (cruiser) (Far East)
1955 - 1959 staff appointments:
26.09.1955 - (01.1956) HMS Mercury II
1959 - 1961 Commanding Officer, HMS Dunkirk (destroyer)
14.06.1962 - (02.1964) Chief Staff Officer (Plans and Operations) to Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Far East Fleet [HMS Terror]
1965 - 1967 Commanding Officer, HMS Galatea (frigate) & Captain (D) 27th Squadron and Mediterranean
15.02.1968 - 1970 Director of Naval Plans, Navy Department [HMS President]
1970     Commanding Officer, HMS Albion (commando ship)
04.1971 - 1973 Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Policy)
1974 - 1975 Flag Officer First Flotilla
1976 - 1977 Vice-Chief of Defence Staff
1977 - 1979 Commander-in-Chief, Fleet, and Allied Commander-in-Chief, Channel and Eastern Atlantic
1979 - 1982 Chief of Naval Staff and First Sea Lord
06.07.1979 - 01.12.1982 also: First and Principal Naval ADC to the Queen
Chairman, St Dunstan's, since 1983. President: RN Benevolent Society, 1983-1995; Sea Cadet Association, 1984-1993; Royal Bath and West of England Society, 1993 (Vice-Pres., 1994-); Patron: Meridian Trust Association., 1993-; Hampshire RBL, 1994-. Chairman Council, King Edward VII Hospital, 1987-. Governor, Cranleigh School, 1983-1993. Freeman: City of London; Shipwrights' Co.; Honorary Freeman, Merchant Taylors' Co. Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Hampshire, 23.06.1992.
Published: Endure no makeshifts : some naval recollections (1993).
* indexed, but not listed as such
Leach,
John Catterall
J.C. Leach J.C. Leach (© Imerial War Museum (H 12775))
J.C. Leach J.C. Leach (© Imperial War Museum (A 3891))
J.C. Leach (© Imperial War Museum (A 3894)) J.C. Leach (© Imperial War Museum (A 3893))
Son of Charles Rothwell Leach.
Married (1916) Evelyn Burrell, only daughter of R.H. Lee; three sons (one of which is Adm. Sir Henry C. Leach, RN).

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01.09.1894
-
10.12.1941
(KIA) [age 47]
[Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 44, column 2]
A/S.Lt. ?
S.Lt. 30.12.1914
Lt. 15.12.1915
Lt.Cdr. 15.12.1923
Cdr. 31.12.1928
Capt. 31.12.1933
Distinguished Service Order DSO 14.10.1941 Bismarck action
Member of the Royal Victorian Order MVO 27.06.1927

visit of Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of York to New Zealand and Australia

15.05.1907
 
 
entered RN
1914
-
1918
served European war
14.03.1923
-
(08.)1923
HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
28.09.1923
-
(01.)1925
Gunnery Officer, HMS Calcutta (cruiser) & Fleet Gunnery Officer, North America and West Indies Station
15.09.1925
-
(05.)1926
staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
13.07.1926
-
(06.1928)
Gunnery Officer, HMS Renown (battlecruiser) (during the Duke and Duchess of York's tour in Australia and New Zealand (MVO))
21.01.1929
-
(08.1929)
course at Staff College, Camberley
14.04.1930
-
(01.)1932 staff, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
08.05.1932
-
(01.)1934
Executive Officer, HMS Royal Oak (battleship) (Mediterranean)
07.03.1934
-
(02.)1936
a Deputy Director, Training and Staff Duties Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
04.05.1936
-
(10.1938)
Commanding Officer, HMS Cumberland (cruiser) (China)
(02.1939)
-
(04.1939)
no appointment listed
01.05.1939
-
(04.1940)
Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President]
(02.1941)


no appointment listed
15.02.1941
-
10.12.1941
Commanding Officer, HMS Prince of Wales (battleship) & as Chief Staff Officer, 2nd Battle Squadron [ship sunk by Japanese aircraft off the East coast of Malaya]
Leaman,
William Howard
W.H. Leaman (Photo courtesy of Robin Fowler)

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12.02.1904
Totnes, Devon
-
20.03.1983
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
Seaman ? [J.95226]
Boatsw. 01.10.1936
Cd.Boatsw. = Sen.Cd.Boatsw. 01.04.1944
A/Lt. 20.07.1945?
Lt. 05.09.1949 (retd 12.02.1954; age)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

MBE

01.01.1949 New Year 1949
... - ... ...
12.04.1939 - (08.)1940 HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley Gate, Ipswich, Suffolk)
19.08.1940 - (08.)1943 HMS Queen Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth class battleship)
21.09.1943 - (07.)1945 HMS Copra (Combined Operations accounting base) (for motor landing craft squadron duties)
(1944/45?)     104th LCT Flotilla, "O" LCT Squadron (landing craft, tank)
20.07.1945 - (04.1946) Naval Equipment Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
... - ... ...
20.08.1947 - (05.1949) HMS Bulawayo (MBE)
... - ... ...
Learmount,
Dennis Kenelm Leonard
"Jim"
D.K.L. Learmount

Only son of Maj. L.W. Learmount, DSO, MC, later Royal Flying Corps, of Tiptoe, Lymington, Hampshire.
Married (14.06.1945, Exeter, Australia) Evelyn June Ralphs (1926? - 21.11.1949), only daughter of Mrs J. Griffiths, of Blytheswood, Exeter; one son.
11.09.1919
-
19.05.1996
Lightwater, Surrey North Western district, Surrey
Cadet 01.05.1938
Midsh. 01.05.1939
A/S.Lt. ?
S.Lt. 01.06.1940
Lt. 01.10.1941
Lt.Cdr. 01.10.1949
Cdr. 31.12.1956
Capt. 31.12.1964 (retd)
Distinguished Service Cross

DSC

01.01.1943 New Year 1943 [decoration posted]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 25.01.1944 capture of Termoli 10.1943 [decoration posted]
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Atlantic Star Atl St - -
Africa Star Afr St - -
Pacific Star Pac St - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
01.05.1938     special entry cadet, HMS Vindictive (cadet training cruiser)
01.05.1939     HMS Cumberland (Kent class cruiser)
01.06.1941     HMS Welshman (Manxman class minelayer) (DSC)
(10.1943)     59th LCA Flotilla (Bar to DSC)
01.1944     HMS Queenborough (Q class destroyer)
1946     Navigating Officer, HMS Swan
... - ... ...
1950 - 1951 Director of the Operations Division Australian Navy
... - ... ...
      HMS Albatross (repair ship)
      HMS Gambia (Fiji class cruiser)
... - ... ...
12.1964 - 04.1967 Captain-in-Charge, Simonstown
10.1969 - 11.1971 Captain of Dockyard, Devonport
12.1971 - 03.1973 Director of Naval Training
07.07.1973 - ? also: Naval ADC to the Queen
Leatham,
Sir Ralph
R. Leatham (© Imperial War Museum A 7229)
R. Leatham
R. Leatham R. Leatham (© Imperial War Museum A 29409)
R. Leatham (© Imperial War Museum A 26517) R. Leatham (© Imperial War Museum A 29843)
R. Leatham (© Imperial War Museum E 24527) R. Leatham (© Imperial War Museum A 7231)
Youngest son of Samuel Gurney Leatham and Annie Gertrude La Trobe-Bateman; five brothers, six sisters. Married (19.12.1910, London) Enid May, daughter of H.W. Birks; one son, one daughter.

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03.03.1886
Wakefield, Yorkshire
-
10.03.1954
Lymington, New Forest district, Hampshire
A/S.Lt. 30.03.1905
S.Lt. 23.08.1906, seniority 30.03.1905
Lt. 28.02.1907, seniority 30.06.1906
Cdr. 31.12.1917
Capt. 31.12.1924
R.Adm. 05.01.1936
V.Adm. 01.08.1939
A/Adm. 26.03.1943
Adm. 09.12.1943 (retd 01.02.1946; own request)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB 01.01.1942 New Year 1942
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 1938 ?
Commander of the Legion of Merit (US) LM 28.05.1946 ?
Commandeur de la Legion d'Honneur (France) LegH ? ?
Croix de Guerre (France) CdeG ? ?
Education: HMS Britannia (1900); Imperial Defence College
15.09.1900     entered RN
06.1923 - (01.)1925 Commander [= Executive Officer], HMS Curacoa (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet)
10.01.1925 - (05.1926) Naval Air Section, Admiralty [HMS President]
17.01.1927 - (07.1927) Imperial Defence Course, Imperial Defence College [HMS President]
10.01.1928 - (06.)1928 Commanding Officer, HMS Yarmouth (cruiser)
26.11.1928 - (04.1930) Commanding Officer, HMS Durban (cruiser) (America and West Indies)
05.01.1931 - (02.)1931 tactical course [HMS Victory]
04.08.1931 - (06.1933) staff, RN War College, Greenwich [HMS President]
(01.1934)     no appointment listed
01.05.1934 - (07.1935) Commanding Officer, HMS Ramillies (battleship) (Mediterranean)
      Commanding Officer, HMS Valiant (battleship)
12.01.1936 - (02.1936) Commanding Officer, HMS President IV (Base Defences, Mediterranean)
(02.1937) - (07.)1937 no appointment listed
06.09.1937 - (02.)1938 Chief of Staff & Maintenance Captain, Portsmouth [HMS Victory (RN base. Portsmouth)]
16.05.1938 - (06.)1938 tactical course, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
14.06.1938 - 1939 Rear-Admiral 1st Battle Squadron [HMS Barham (cruiser)] (Home Fleet)
(02.1939)     no appointment listed
12.04.1939 - 16.07.1941 Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station [HMS Gloucester (08.1939), later HMS Gloucester II (04.1940), later HMS Lanka (02.1941)] [assumed command 07.05.1939]
30.11.1941 - 31.12.1941 HMS President (additional; whilst unemployed)
01.01.1942 - 01.12.1942 Flag Officer in Charge, Malta [HMS St. Angelo (RN base, Malta)]
1943     Deputy Governor, Malta
26.03.1943 - 05.06.1943 Commander-in-Chief, Levant (temporary) [HMS Nile]
24.07.1943 - 23.08.1943 HMS President (additional; whilst unemployed)
24.08.1943 - 26.11.1945 Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [HMS Drake]
27.11.1945 - 01.02.1946 HMS President (additional; whilst unemplyed)
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bermudas or Somers Islands, 07.02.1946-1949.
KStJ, 24.06.1946.
Le Bailly,
[Sir]
Louis Edward Stewart Holland
L.E.S.H. Le Bailly L.E.S.H. Le Bailly
L.E.S.H. Le Bailly
Son of Robert Francis Le Bailly (1866-1945), and Ida Gaskell Holland, of Oakridge Lynch, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
Married (03.10.1946, Holy Trinity, Brompton Parish Church, Kensington district, London) Pamela Ruth
Berthon ((09?).1924 - ), eldest daughter of R.Adm. (E) Charles Pierre Berthon, CBE (1893-1965), and Ruth Euphemia Meldrum Ferrier (1899-1978), of Crapstone House, Buckland Monachorum, South Devon; three daughters.

18.07.1915
Chelsea district, London
-
03.10.2010
Kilkhampton, near Bude, Cornwall
.... ...
Lt. (E) 16.10.1937
A/Lt.Cdr. (E) 01.11.1944
Lt.Cdr. (E) 16.10.1945
Cdr. 31.12.1948
Capt. 30.06.1958
R.Adm. 07.01.1967
V.Adm. 21.04.1970 (retd 02.09.1972)
Knigt Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) KBE 03.06.1972 HM's birthday 1972 [investiture 18.07.1972]
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 01.01.1969 New Year 1969 [decoration presented]
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE 05.06.1952 HM's birthday 1952 [decoration presented]
Education: RN College, Dartmouth.
1929     joined RN
1932     HMS Hood (battlecruiser)
1933 - 1937 RN Engineering College, Keyham
03.05.1937 - (09.)1939 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Home Fleet)
05.12.1939 - 11.03.1942 HMS Naiad (cruiser) (torpedoed and sunk by U-565 in Mediterranean)
12.07.1942 - (10.)1944 RN Engineering College, Keyham [HMS Drake]
(01.1945)     no appointment listed
10.02.1945 - (04.)1946 HMS Duke of York (battleship)
1946 - 1950 Admiralty [HMS President]:
21.07.1948 - (07.1948) Staff of Engineer Overseer, Sheffield and Leeds District [serving under Department of Engineer-in-Chief]
20.01.1949 - (05.)1950 for miscellaneous services
1950 - 1952 HMS Bermuda
1955 - 1958 RN Engineering College, Keyham
1958     Staff Officer to Dartmouth Review Committee, Admiralty
1958 - 1960 Assistant Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty
1960 - 1963 Naval Assistant to Controller of the
Navy
1963     Imperial Defence College
1963 - 1967 Deputy Director of Marine Engineering
04.1967 - 1969 Naval Attaché, Washington, DC, & Commander, British Navy Staff & UK National Liaison Representative to SACLANT [HMS Saker]
1970 - 1972 Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Intelligence), Ministry of Defence
Director­General of Intelligence, Ministry of Defence, 1972-1975. CSSBs, 1976-1982. Member Council, Research Inst. for Study of Conflict and Terrorism, 1976-. Chairman of Governors, Rendcomb College, 1979-1985. Deputy Lieutenant (DL) Cornwall, 1982. FIMechE; FInstPet; FIMarE. Hon DSc Plymouth, 1994.
Published: The man around the engine, 1990; From Fisher to the Falklands, 1991; Old loves return, 1993.
Lee,
Herbert Jack
H.J. Lee
Son of Hubert S. Lee, and Eleanor Tapping.
05.01.1918
Eastry district, Kent
-

22.05.1971
Headcorn, Canterbury district, Kent
Cadet
01.01.1936
Midsh.
01.01.1937
A/S.Lt.
01.01.1939
S.Lt.
1939/40?, seniority 01.11.1938
Lt.
01.04.1940
A/Lt.Cdr.
> 07.1945, < 04.1946
Lt.Cdr.
01.04.1948
Cdr.
30.06.1951
Capt.
31.12.1955 (retd 20.09.1965)
Cdre.
22.03.1963
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) CBE
12.06.1965
HM's birthday 1965 [investiture 21.10.1965]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
01.01.1943
New Year 1943 [investiture 27.07.1943]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
18.05.1943
North Russian convoy [investiture 27.07.1943]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
02.02.1951
Korea (since 09.07.1950) [investiture 14.11.1951]
01.01.1936
-
31.12.1936
special entry cadet, HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser)
01.01.1937
-
(02.)1937
HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean)
06.1937
-
(10.1938)
HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean)
02.01.1939
-
(04.)1939
promotion course, Portsmouth
31.07.1939
-
12.06.1940
HMS Calypso  (cruiser) (sunk by Italian submarine Bagnolini in Mediterranean)
(02.1941)
-
(12.1941)
no appointment listed
(1942?)


HMS Avon Vale (destroyer)
(08.1942)
-
(02.1943)
First Lieutenant, HMS Orwell (destroyer) *
08.05.1943
-
(12.1943)
HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hampshire)
22.02.1944
-
(10.)1944
HMS Mackay (destroyer)
03.1945
-
09.1946
Commanding Officer, HMS St Austell Bay (frigate)
01.04.1948
-
(07.1948)
HMS Ganges (training establishment, Shotley)
28.03.1949
-
(05.)1949
Commanding Officer, HMS Comet
04.07.1949
-
(05.1950)
Commanding Officer, HMS Cockade
24.03.1952
-
(05.1953)
HMS President (for miscellaneous services)
01.05.1954
-
(01.)1956
Executive Officer, HMS Gambia
23.10.1956
-
(01.1957)
Liaison with Commander-in-Chief Southern Pacific under Allied Forces Mediterranean, NATO
25.11.1958
-
(01.1959)
Commanding Officer, HMS Solebay & as Captain (D) 1st Destroyer Squadron
03.10.1960
-
(07.1961)
HMS President (for duty with the Ministry of Defence) 
(02.1963)
 
 
HMS President *
22.03.1963
-
(02.1964)
Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean & Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Mediterranean [HMS Phoenicia, later HMS St Angelo]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Lee-Barber,
John
J. Lee-Barber J. Lee-Barber (Imperial War Museum © IWM (A 21164))

Son (with two sisters) of Richard "Dick" Lee Barber (1872-1960), of Herringfleet, near Great Yarmouth.
Married (1939) Suzanne Claude Le Gallais (died 1976), daughter  of Col. Albert Le Gallais, ADC, MC, of La Moye, Jersey, Channel Islands; two daughters.

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16.04.1905
Mutford district, Norfolk / Suffolk
-
14.11.1995
Wivenhoe, Alton district, Hampshire
S.Lt. 30.03.1926
Lt. 30.12.1927
Lt.Cdr. 30.12.1935
Cdr. 30.06.1941
A/Capt. < 04.1946
Capt. 31.12.1947
R.Adm. 07.01.1957 (retd 25.05.1959)

Companion of the Order of the Bath

CB  01.01.1959 New Year 1959 [investiture 10.02.1959]

Distinguished Service Order

DSO 11.07.1940 HM's birthday 1940 [investiture 10.03.1942]

Distinguished Service Order

DSO 11.11.1941 Greek withdrawal 04.1941 [investiture 10.03.1942]
Mention in Despatches MID 19.07.1940 withdrawal of troops from Namsos
Mention in Despatches MID 06.01.1944 sinking of Scharnhorst
Cross of Valour (Poland) KW 21.10.1941 withdrawal of Polish forces from France 1940 [decoration posted]
Education: RN Colleges, Osborne and Dartmouth.
      service in destroyers and in Yangtze gunboat until 1937
1937 - 1938 Commanding Officer, HMS Witch
10.01.1939 - 19.11.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Griffin (destroyer) (DSO and Bar, despatches, Polish Cross of Valour)
05.03.1942 - (08.)1942 Admiralty [HMS President] (for special and miscellaneous services)
26.09.1942 - 14.08.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Opportune (destroyer) (despatches)
30.08.1944 - 05.06.1945 Commander-in-Charge, Hove [HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment, Hove, Sussex)]
06.06.1945 - (07.1945) Executive Officer, HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
(04.1946)     HMS St James *
1946 - 15.01.1947 Commanding Officer, HMS St James
1948 - 1949 Senior Officer Reserve Fleet, Harwich
1950 - 1952 Naval Attaché, Chile
1952 - 1954 Commanding Officer, HMS Agincourt & Captain (D), 4th Destroyer Squadron
1954 - 1956 Commodore, Inshore Flotilla
1957 - 1959 Admiral Superintendent, HM Dockyard, Malta [HMS St Angelo]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Leech,
Sydney Lewis
S.L. Leech (Photo courtesy of Mr Andrew Wilkinson)

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26.09.1899
Portsmouth, Hampshire
-
06.10.1982
Waterlooville, Hampshire
A/Wt.Eng. 01.01.1929
Wt.Eng. ?, seniority 01.01.1929
Cd.Eng. 01.01.1939
Lt. (E) 06.05.1947 (retd 26.09.1949; age)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire MBE 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 1942 [investiture 17.11.1942]
Mention in Despatches

MID

22.12.1942 destruction U-boat 162 Western Atlantic 03.09.1942
Mention in Despatches

MID

18.05.1943 Convoy SC 118 Western Approaches 02.1943
... - ... ...
03.06.1929 - (03.1931) HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)
... - ... ...
01.11.1938 - (08.)1940 HMS Warspite (Queen Elizabeth class battleship)
24.10.1940 - (02.)1943 HMS Vimy (V class destroyer) (MBE, despatches twice)
03.1943 - (04.)1945 HMS Calder (Captain class frigate)
(07.1945) - (10.1945) HMS Calder (Captain class frigate) *
02.11.1945 - (04.1946) RN College, Eaton, Chester [HMS Britannia]
... - ... ...
* indexed, but not listed as such
Lees,
Dennis Marescaux
D.M. Lees (Imperial War Museum © IWM (A 24478))

Son of Capt. J. Lees, Royal West Kent
Regiment, and Gemma Marescaux, of Brenchley, Kent.
Married ((06?).1934, Kensington district, London) Daphne May Burnett, daughter of J. Burnett, of Kincardineshire; three sons.

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28.01.1900
Chesterton, Cambridgeshire
-
04.08.1973
Southsea, Hampshire
Midsh. 01.01.1916
A/S.Lt. 15.03.1918
S.Lt. 15.09.1918
A/Lt. 15.09.1920
Lt. ?, seniority 15.04.1920
Lt.Cdr. 15.04.1928
Cdr. 31.12.1933
Capt. 31.12.1939
Cdre. 1st cl. ?
R.Adm. 08.01.1949 (retd 14.02.1953)

Companion of the Order of the Bath

CB  01.01.1951 New Year 1951 [investiture 14.02.1951]

Distinguished Service Order

DSO 19.07.1940 action off Norway [investiture 29.09.1942]
War Cross, 3rd Class (Greece) GrWC 11.08.1942 services belligerent Greece
Officer of the Legion of Merit (US) LM 17.07.1945 Operation Neptune
Mention in Despatches MID 11.11.1941 Greek withdrawal 04.1941
Mention in Despatches MID 11.07.1944 action Plymouth area 25.04.1944
Mention in Despatches MID 28.11.1944 Operation Neptune
Croix de Guerre (France) CdeG 1948 South of France
Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur (France) LegH 1948 South of France
Education: Ludgrove Preparatory School; RN Colleges Osborne and Dartmouth (1912-1916).
01.01.1916     entered RN
... - ... ...
27.07.1934 - 19.12.1936 Fleet Gunnery Officer, Mediterranean Fleet [HMS Queen Elizabeth (battleship)]
(01.1937) - (02.1937) no appointment listed
05.04.1937 - (02.)1940 Executive Officer, HMS Birmingham (cruiser)
18.03.1940 - 01.06.1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Calcutta (cruiser)
02.06.1941 - 08.07.1941 HMS Victory (additional; for passage & foreign service leave)
09.07.1941 - 16.07.1943 Deputy Director of Operations Division (Coastal Force), Admiralty [HMS President]
26.07.1943 - 30.07.1943 HMS President (additional; for duty outside Admiralty at Damage Control School)
31.07.1943 - 03.08.1943 HMS Victory (additional; for courses)
04.08.1943 - 20.08.1943 HMS Victory (additional; whilst unemployed)
21.08.1943 - 29.04.1945 Commanding Officer, HMS Black Prince (cruiser)
01.08.1945 - 15.01.1946 Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [HMS Renown (battlecruiser) & from 24.11.1945 HMS Nelson (battleship)]
12.02.1946 - 1949 Director of Naval Ordnance
1949 - 1951 Chief of Staff, Portsmouth
1951 - 1953 Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel (personal services)
Le Fanu,
[Sir] Michael
"Dry Ginger"
M. Le Fanu M. Le Fanu
M. Le Fanu M. Le Fanu
M. Le Fanu M. Le Fanu
M. Le Fanu

Son of Captain Hugh Barrington Le Fanu, RN (1872-1929), and Georgiana Harriott Kingscote (1879-1965).
Married (18.12.1943, Droxford district, Hampshire) Prudence Grace "Prue" Morgan (20.12.1921-(12?).1980), daughter of Admiral Sir Vaughan Morgan, KBE, CB, MVO, DSC, DL, and Mary Julia Lowe; two sons, one daughter.

02.08.1913
Lindfield, Cuckfield district, Sussex
-
28.11.1970
St Marylebone district, London
Cadet 01.01.1931
Midsh. 01.09.1931
A/S.Lt. 01.01.1934
S.Lt. 14.03.1935, seniority 01.05.1934
Lt. 21.10.1935, seniority 01.06.1935
Lt.Cdr. 02.12.1942, seniority 01.06.1942
Cdr. 31.12.1944
Capt. 30.06.1949
R.Adm. 07.07.1958
V.Adm. 25.10.1961
Adm. 29.09.1965
Adm. of the Fleet 03.07.1970 (half-pay 04.11.1970)

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

GCB  01.01.1968 New Year 1968 [investiture 23.02.1968]

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

KCB 08.06.1963 HM's birthday 1963 [investiture 16.07.1963]
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 11.06.1960 HM's birthday 1960 [investiture 05.07.1960]
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 24.02.1942 destruction Italian convoy Mediterranean 09.11.1941 [investiture 12.05.1942]
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Atlantic Star Atl St - -
Africa Star Afr St - -
Pac St - & clasp Burma
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Mention in Despatches MID 26.09.1940 Norwegian coast 04-06.1940
Mention in Despatches MID 01.01.1946 New Year 1946
Officer of the Legion of Merit (US) LM 03.12.1946

for service as British Pacific Fleet Liaison Officer on the staffs of Commander, United States Fifth Fleet and Commander, United States Third Fleet from February to September, 1945

Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM 02.12.1946 ?
Education: Bedford School; RN College, Dartmouth (1926-).
06.01.1931 - (06.)1933 HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser) (Home Fleet)
06.06.1933 - (01.)1934 HMS York (cruiser)
04.01.1934 - 12.08.1934 promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
13.08.1934 - (02.)1935 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
25.03.1935 - (08.)1936 HMS Whitshed (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
21.09.1936 - (07.)1937 HMS Bulldog (destroyer) (Home Fleet)
30.09.1937 - (08.)1938 qualifying for gunnery duties, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
(10.1938)     no appointment listed
11.1938 - (04.)1939 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
15.06.1939 - (09.)1939 Assistant to Fleet Gunnery Officer on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Warspite (battleship)]
18.12.1939 - 26.01.1942 First Lieutenant & Gunnery Officer, HMS Aurora (cruiser) (Norway, Atlantic, Arctic, Mediterranean) (DSC, despatches)
01.1942 - (08.1942) HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
25.01.1943 - (12.1943) Assistant Fleet Gunnery Officer on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [HMS Duke of York (battleship)]
14.01.1944 - (01.)1945 Gunnery Officer, HMS Howe (battleship) (Far Eastern Fleet)
23.01.1945 - (09.1945) Naval Liaison Officer to US Pacific Fleet (US 3rd & 5th Fleets) on staff of Commander-in-Chief, British Pacific Fleet [HMS Golden Hind(RN manning depot, Sydney, NSW)] (despatches, BSM) [tasked with the arrangements for the Japanese surrender onboard the USS Missouri on 02.09.1945]
06.02.1946 - (10.1947) Experimental Commander, HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth)
01.03.1948 - (05.)1949 Executive Officer, HMS Superb (cruiser)
19.09.1949 - (05.1950) Naval Assistant to Third Sea Lord and Controller, Admiralty [HMS President]
1951     Senior Officer, 3rd Training Squadron (Londonderry; undertaking anti-submarine activities)
29.12.1952 - (05.)1953 on special duties in the Admiralty, under the Chief Scientist, to investigate the problems of atomic warfare [HMS President]
1953     Imperial Defence College
(07.1954)     no appointment listed
31.12.1954 - 07.01.1957 Commanding Officer, HMS Ganges (boys' training establishment, Shotley)
1957 - 15.02.1958 Commanding Officer, HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier)
15.07.1958 - 09.02.1960 Director General, Weapons, Admiralty [HMS President] (CB)
1960 - 1961 Flag Officer, Second-in-Command, Far East Station
01.1.1961 - 1965 Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy, Admiralty [HMS President] (KCB)
25.11.1965 - (02.)1968 Commander-in-Chief, Middle East (GCB)
08.1968 - 1970 Chief of Naval Staff and First Sea Lord, Admiralty [HMS President]
10.1970     about to take over as Chief of the Defence Staff, when serious illness prevented this
Vice-President of the Inland Waterways Association, 1970.
Literature
: Dry Ginger : the biography of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Michael Le Fanu (1977).
Legard,
George Hugo Digby
G.H.D. Legard (Photo courtesy of Hilary Legard) G.H.D. Legard (Photo courtesy of Hilary Legard)
G.H.D. Legard (Photo courtesy of Hilary Legard)
Son (with one brother) of Rev. Charles Legard, MC (1887-1976), and Ethel Gertrude Marriott (1889-1973), of Burghclere Rectory, Newbury.
Married (30.03.1944, Church of the Ascension, Burghclere, Hampshire) Eve Lilian Howard, WRNS ((06?).1923 - 27.02.2013), daughter of Capt. Francis Howard, DSC, RN (1889-1966), and Grace Flora Wilson (1889?-1938); one son, two daughters. Eve Legard remarried (10.09.1973) Lt. (S) Guy Alexander Hughes, RNVR.
26.02.1920
Malton district, Yorkshire
-

17.06.1966
Marske, Middlesborough district, North Riding of Yorkshire
Cadet 01.05.1937
Midsh. 01.09.1937
A/S.Lt. 01.09.1939
S.Lt. 16.12.1939
Lt. 16.05.1941
Lt.Cdr. 16.05.1949 (retd 12.12.1953)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division)

MBE

04.04.1944 for undaunting courage in saving the life of a wounded officer when HMS Dulverton was lost and he was himself wounded
Education: RN College, Dartmouth (1933-13.04.1937; Admiralty No. 1346; Greynvile Term).
01.05.1937 - 31.08.1937 HMS Frobisher (cadet training cruiser)
01.09.1937 - (02.)1938 HMS Hood (battlecruiser) (Mediterranean)
04.1938 - (08.)1939 HMS Devonshire (cruiser) (Mediterranean)
28.08.1939 - (02.)1940 promotion course, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
05.02.1940 - (03.)1940 HMS Fitzroy (Hunt class minesweeper)
02.03.1940 - (12.)1941 HMS Veteran (destroyer)
16.12.1941 - 07.02.1942 HMS Ledbury (destroyer)
(04.1942) - (06.1942) HMS Ledbury (destroyer) *
01.07.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex)
(04.1943) - (10.1943) no appointment listed
(12.1943) - (04.1944) HMS Dulverton (destroyer) (MBE) [ship had been sunk in the Aegean 13.11.1943] *
28.04.1944 - (10.1944) HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations training centre, Troon) (for motorized landing craft)
(01.1945) - (04.1945) HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations training centre, Troon) *
(07.1945)     no appointment listed
30.03.1946 - (04.)1946 HMS Gravelines (destroyer)
30.11.1946 - (07.1948) HMS Venus (destroyer)
01.1949 - (05.1949) Admiralty [HMS President] (for miscellaneous services)
03.04.1950 - (05.)1951 HMS Phoenix (training establishment, Portsmouth)
1951 - 1952 Commanding Officer, HMS Zambesi
03.1953 - (05.)1953 Commanding Officer, HMS Termagant (destroyer)
* indexed, but not listed as such
Le Geyt,
Edward Gerard
E.G. Le Geyt
Son of Daniel Edward Le Geyt, MRCS, LRCP (1868-), and Eliza Aris (1873-1951).
Married ((03?).1947, Chichester district, Sussex) Philippa Suzanna Rosamond Strickland (23.02.1901 - (12?).1982), who was earlier (1926) married to Constantine Mary Joseph Lubienska-Bodenham (1899-1971), daughter of Roger Walter Strickland (1873-1938), and Anice Maude Rowley (1874-).

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05.05.1904
St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands
-
14.03.1993
Southwark district, London SE5
Midsh. 15.09.1923
A/S.Lt. 15.01.1926
S.Lt. 03.08.1927, seniority 15.11.1925
Lt. 11.02.1928, seniority 15.06.1927
Lt.Cdr. 15.06.1935
Cdr. 30.06.1941 (retd 05.05.1954; age)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 14.05.1946 depth charge attack 21.02.1940 [decoration posted]
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Atlantic Star Atl St - -
Africa Star Afr St - -
Burma Star Bur St - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Coronation Medal 1937 Cor M 37 - -
Coronation Medal 1953 Cor M 53 - -
Russian Convoys Medal Rsn Conv 1989 -
Malta Commemorative Medal Malta M 1992 -
Education: Victorial College, Channel Islands (1914.2-1922).
... - ... ...
20.06.1939 - 06.09.1940 Commanding Officer, HMS Diana (destroyer) (DSC)
(10.1940)     no appointment listed
15.11.1940 - 01.10.1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Eskimo (destroyer)
(10.1942) - (12.1942) no appointment listed
18.01.1943 - (10.)1943 Operations Division, Admiralty [HMS President]
(12.1943)     no appointment listed
24.12.1943 - (07.1945) Executive Officer, HMS Euryalus (cruiser)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
... - ... ...
Leggatt,
William Ronald Christopher
W.R.C. Leggatt (Photo courtesy of Mr Edward Trivigino)

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27.09.1900
Thanet district, Kent
-

02.10.1985
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
Midsh. 01.05.1917
A/S.Lt. 15.09.1919
S.Lt. 15.05.1920, seniority 15.09.1919
A/Lt. 15.05.1922
Lt. ?, seniority 15.10.1921
Lt.Cdr. 15.10.1929
Cdr. 31.12.1935
Capt. 30.06.1941 (retd 07.07.1950)
Distinguished Service Order DSO 29.08.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) [investiture 02.02.1945]
Mention in Despatches MID 05.03.1942 service with the army
15.05.1914     entered RN
... - ... ...
19.12.1938 - (08.)1940 Executive Officer, HMS Ramillies (battleship)
09.09.1940 - 08.1941 on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [HMS Warspite (battleship), from 26.06.1941 HMS Nile (RN base, Alexandria, Egypt)]
08.1941 - 04.05.1942 Naval Staff College, Angora [HMS Nile (additional)]
23.06.1942 - 25.09.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Despatch (cruiser)
16.10.1943 - 04?.1944 Chief Staff Officer to Naval Force Commander, Force "S") [HMS Cochrane (additional), from 01.11.1943 HMS Odyssey (additional)]
04?.1944 - 19.07.1944 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Sword Beach & Senior Officer Assault Group (SOAG) S1 [HMS Odyssey (additional)]
20.07.1944 - 24.09.1944 HMS President (additional; for duty with Chief of Combined Operations inside Combined Operations HQ (temporary))
25.09.1944 - 01.10.1944 HMS President (additional; for duty inside Admiralty)
02.10.1944 - 24.04.1946 Naval Assistant to Third Sea Lord and Controller [HMS President (additional)]
06.05.1948 - 21.11.1948 Commanding Officer, HMS Ocean (aircraft carrier)
... - ... ...
Leigh,
Samuel Henry
S.H. Leigh

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27.12.1904
Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire
-

16.02.1967
Seaman
? [J96923 & M37194]
A/Wt. Supply Offr.
31.07.1939
Wt. Supply Offr. =
Wt. Stores Offr.
1940?, seniority 31.07.1939
A/Cd. Stores Offr.
18.06.1945
Cd. Stores Offr.
01.10.1946
Lt. (S)
22.03.1949 (retd 27.12.1954)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division)

MBE

13.06.1946
HM's birthday 1946
(09.1939)
 
 
no appointment listed
07.10.1939
-
(12.1941)
HMS Argus (aircraft carrier)
23.06.1942
-
(12.1943)
HMS Mercury (signal school, nr Petersfield, Hampshire)
29.03.1944
-
(04.1946)
HMS Tana (RN base, Kilindini, Kenya)
13.02.1948
-
(07.1948)
HMS Illustrious (aircraft carrier)
04.02.1949
-
(05.1950)
HMS Hornbill (RN Air Station, Culham, Berkshire)
08.01.1951
-
(07.1954)
RN Barracks, Portsmouth [HMS Victory]
Leighton,
Evelyn Ivor Robert
E.I.R. Leighton
Son (with one sister) of Robert Leighton (1859-1934), author, and Marie Connor, of Bishop's Stortford, Hampshire.
Married (24.06.1930, Sydney, NSW, Australia) Marjory Cecilia Shakerley (? - 08.03.2012), only daughter of Lt.Col. G.C. Shakerley, DSO, 60th Rifles, and Mrs Shakerley, of Whittington Lodge, Worcester.

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31.05.1901
St Marylebone district, London
-

21.10.1969
Watlington, Oxford
Midsh.
15.09.1917
A/S.Lt.
?
S.Lt.
?
Lt.
05.01.1923, seniority 15.06.1922
Lt.Cdr.
15.06.1930
Cdr.
30.06.1936 (retd 10.11.1947)
A/Capt.
?
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division)

OBE

01.01.1942 New Year 1942 [investiture 10.03.1942]
?
-
(01.1919)
HMS Royal Oak (battleship)
03.01.1923
-
(08.1923)
HMS Constance (light cruiser)
25.09.1924
-
(05.)1926
qualifying for gunnery duties [HMS Excellent]
17.05.1926
-
(02.)1927
HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham) (for gunnery school)
09.06.1927
-
(07.1927)
Assistant Gunnery Officer, HMS Barham (battleship) (Mediterranean)
28.03.1928
-
(08.1929)
Gunnery Officer, HMS Colombo (cruiser) (America and West Indies)
21.02.1930
-
30.03.1930
passage to Australia per SS Cathay
31.03.1930
-
15.03.1932
on loan to RAN (Exchange Officer):
31.03.1930
-
28.05.1931
Gunnery Officer, HMAS Canberra (cruiser)
29.05.1931
-
15.03.1932
Gunnery Officer, HMAS Canberra (cruiser) & as Squadron Gunnery Officer, HM Australian Squadron
16.03.1932
-
04?.1932
passage to UK per SS Orsova
26.06.1932
-
(09.1932)
HMS Pembroke (R base, Chatham) (for gunnery school)
17.01.1933
-
(06.1933)
staff course, RN Staff College, Greenwich [HMS President]
(01.1934)
 
 
no appointment listed
06.04.1934
-
(02.)1936
Staff Officer (Opeations) to Rear-Admiral Commanding 1st Cruiser Squadron, later Gunnery Officer, HMS London (cruiser) & as Squadron Gunnery Officer and Staff Officer (Opeations) to Rear-Admiral Commanding 1st Cruiser Squadron (Mediterranean)
(08.1936)
 
 
no appointment listed
(01.1937)
 
 
no appointment listed
26.01.1937
-
(10.1938)
an Assistant to the Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President]
10.01.1939
-
31.12.1939
Staff Officer (Operations) & Squadron Gunnery Officer to Rear-Admiral Commanding 2nd Battle Squadron [HMS Resolution (battleship)]
01.01.1940
-
(02.)1941
Chief Staff Officer, Staff Officer (Operations) & Squadron Gunnery Officer to Rear-Admiral Commanding 3rd Battle Squadron [HMS Resolution (battleship), from ... 1940 HMS Seaborn (accounting base, Halifax, NS)]
(12.1941)
 
 
no appointment listed
13.05.1942
-
(08.)1942
on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Nore [HMS Pembroke (RN base, Chatham)]
29.12.1942
-
(12.1943)
an Assistant to the Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty [HMS President]
(04.1944)
-
(04.1946)
Deputy Superintendent, Scientific and Technical Staff at Gunnery Establishment, Teddington (under Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty) [HMS President]
Leiper,
John Victor
J.V. Leiper

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07.07.1909
-
23.09.1965
... ...
Gnr. (T) 01.08.1940
Lt. (Special Duties List) 01.01.1957 (retd 07.07.1959)
03.09.1940 - 01.03.1942 Torpedo Officer, HMS Encounter (destroyer) (ship sunk by Japanese forces in Java Sea; captured)
03.1942 - 1945 POW in Japanese captivity
... - ... ...
Leir,
Ernest William
E.W. Leir

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26.02.1883
Wincanton, Somerset
-

02.08.1971

Wells district
Lt.
1903
Cdr.
1914
Capt.
30.06.1919 (retd)
R.Adm. (retd)
08.10.1931
Cdre. 2nd cl. RNR
10.11.1939

Distinguished Service Order

DSO
1916
?
Officier de la Legion d'Honneur (France) LegH
1917
?
Mention in Despatches MID
17.11.1942
ocean convoys 1939-1942
Education: King's School, Bruton
15.09.1897


entered RN
1899
-
1902
served as midshipman on China Station (took part in the relief of the Legations in Pekin, 1900)



attached to the Submarine Service; Commanding Officer, HMS C.13 (1908)
1914


specially promoted to Commander, for services in the Bight of Heligoland action, August 1914 (DSO for services rendered in overseas submarine work, despatches)
1923
-
1924
Captain of the Dockyard, Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour-Master at Chatham
1924
-
1926
Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf
1926
-
1927
Captain, Reserve Flotilla, Portsmouth
23.04.1929
-
(02.)1931
Captain-in-Charge and King's Harbour-Master, Portland [HMS Victory XI]
1931


Naval ADC to the King
10.11.1939
-
(07.1945)
Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet]
Leng,
Irvin James *
I.J. Leng (Photo courtesy of Mrs Jo MacRobert) I.J. Leng (Photo courtesy of Mrs Jo MacRobert)
I.J. Leng (Photo courtesy of Mrs Jo MacRobert)
Married (07.1950, Johannesburg, South Africa) Hazel Ruth Wilson; three daughters.

* First name officially: Irving, but shown without the "g" in naval records
11.02.1919
-

05.07.1986
Cape Town, South Africa
Prob. T/S.Lt. (E) RNVR 14.07.1940
T/S.Lt. (E) 06.1942, seniority 14.07.1940
T/Lt. (E) 14.01.1943 (reld 08.07.1946)
Education: Durham University (BSc in electrical engineering 1940).
14.07.1940 - 08.1941 HMS Victory (RN base, Portsmouth) (for miscellaneous services)
[one year's apprenticeship, under Admiralty supervision, in the Engine Works and Shipyard of Messrs. Wm. Denny Bros., Dumbarton]
(08.1941)     Admiralty [HMS President] *
12.08.1941 - 02.1942 HMS Cumberland (Kent class cruiser)
[for Engine Room training; awarded Engineer Officer's Watchkeeping Certificate]
(04.1942) - (06.1942) no appointment listed
06.1942     transferred to RN
30.06.1942 - 01.1944 HMS Dauntless (D class cruiser) (as Watchkeeping Officer, from 06.1943 as Senior Engineer)
(02.1944)     no appointment listed
02.1944 - 04.1944 HMS Caroline II (trawler base, Belfast) (on staff of Base Engineer Officer)
30.04.1944 - 08.1944 HMS Orlando (RN base, Greenock) (on staff of Base Engineer Officer & for flotilla duties)
[in this and previous appointment supervising the repair and maintenance of the electrical propulsion and auxiliary machinery of American-built, electrically driven frigates]
21.09.1944 - 03.1946 HMS Sennen (Lulworth class escort) (as Chief Engineer)
(04.1946)     no appointment listed
Joined Royal Dutch Shell, being posted to South Africa c. 1949, where he remained the rest of his life.
Leonard,
Barry Warsop Cooper

B.W.C. Leonard
Youngest son of Paymaster-in-Chief William Vancouver Theodore Leonard, RN, and Georgina Maud Leonard.
Married ((09?).1937, Meriden district, Warwickshire / West Midlands) Patricia Beatrice Eden Neate (17.09.1916 - 09.2002), oldest daughter of Cdr. Charles Eden Neate, RN (1887-1965), and Dorothy Tucker (1889-1971); one daughter. Patricia Leonard remarrried (1945) Lt.Cdr. (A) William Francis Cuthbert Garthwaite, DSC and Bar, RNVR.
(03?).1911
-
30.04.1944
(MPK) [age 33]
[Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 85, column 1]
... ...
Lt. (E) 16.04.1933
Lt.Cdr. (E) 16.04.1941
A/Cdr. (E) 15.04.1944?
... - ... ...
26.12.1939 - (12.1942) an Assistant Engineer Inspector, Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty [HMS President]
(02.1943)     Engineer-in-Chief's Department, Admiralty [HMS President] *
15.03.1943 - (02.)1944 HMS Forth (submarine depot ship)
15.04.1944 - 30.04.1944 HMS Cyclops (submarine depot ship) (and for flotilla duties) [drowned as a result of a sailing accident]
* indexed, but not listed as such
Leonard,
Courtney
C. Leonard
Son (with four brothers and two sisters) of Alfred James Leonard (1866-1946), and Ellen Louisa Moody (1868-1918).

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14.01.1892
Plymouth, Devon
-
18.02.1956
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
Boy 2nd cl. 07.09.1908 [D/J 2560]
Boy 1st cl. 26.03.1909
Ord.Sea. 14.01.1910
Able Sea. 24.03.1911
Ldg.Sea. 06.10.1913
Petty Offr. 01.08.1915
A/Gnr. 04.11.1916
Gnr. 31.12.1917, seniority 04.11.1916
Cd.Gnr. 04.11.1926
Lt. 15.03.1937 (retd 14.01.1942; age)
A/Lt.Cdr. (retd) 10.12.1942?
Lt.Cdr. (retd) 15.03.1945 (dispersed 28.09.1945) (reld 23.11.1945) (reverted to retd 24.11.1945)
... - ... ...
24.01.1938 - 14.08.1944 Inspector of Diving [HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (for diving school)]
15.08.1944 - 14.09.1944 HMS Excellent (gunnery school, Portsmouth) (supernumerary)
15.09.1944 - 28.09.1945 Torpedoes and Mining Department, Admiralty [HMS President] (for diving duties)
Leonard,
Rowland Francis
R.F. Leonard
Married ((12?).1932, Kensington district, London) Lois Monica Leonard ((03?).1907 - 04.05.1960); ... children (one daughter?).

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02.06.1908
Weymouth district, Dorset
-
24.06.1953
HM Hospital Ship "Maine" in Far East Waters
(died on active service)
(formerly of Kingston, Devonshire)
Cadet 15.09.1925
Midsh. 15.05.1926
A/S.Lt. 01.09.1928
S.Lt. 01.05.1929
Lt. 01.12.1930
Lt.Cdr. 01.12.1938
Cdr. 30.06.1944
Capt. 30.06.1950
Distinguished Service Cross DSC 11.12.1945 wind up Europe 1945 [decoration posted]
Mention in Despatches MID 09.05.1944 Operation FW (North Russian convoy 01.1944)
Mention in Despatches MID 21.11.1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy landings 06.1944)
... - ... ...
21.06.1938 - (12.)1938 HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)
28.12.1938 - (12.1941) HMS Nelson (Nelson class battleship)
09.01.1942 - 12.03.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Vivien (V class destroyer
30.03.1943 - 03.06.1943 Commanding Officer, HMS Onslow (O class destroyer)
03.06.1943 - 15.08.1944 Commanding Officer, HMS Offa (O class destroyer) (despatches twice)
29.08.1944 - (07.1946) Plans Division (Q), Admiralty [HMS President] (DSC)
23.09.1946 - (10.1946) Commanding Officer, HMS Swiftsure (Swiftsure class cruiser)
... - ... ...
03.11.1952 - 24.06.1953 Chief Staff Officer, 5th Cruiser Squadron & Captain of the Fleet, Far East Station [HMS Newcastle (Southampton class cruiser)]
Leslie,
George Cunningham

G.C. Leslie (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Forster) G.C. Leslie (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Forster)
G.C. Leslie

Fourth son of Col A.S. Leslie, CMG, WS, Kininvie, and Mrs M.I. Leslie (née Horne).
Married (1953), Margaret Rose Leslie; one son, three daughters.
27.10.1920
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14.11.1988
Oxford, Oxfordshire
A/S.Lt. 01.09.1940
Lt. 01.05.1941
?, seniority 01.11.1940
Lt.Cdr. 01.11.1948
Cdr. 30.06.1952
Capt. 30.06.1958
R.Adm. 07.01.1968 (retd 17.11.1970)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 01.01.1970 New Year 1970 [investiture 10.02.1970]
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE 03.07.1945 Operation Acumen; damage control
Officer, Order of Oranje-Nassau (The Netherlands) OON 1950? visit of the Queen of the Netherlands to London 11.1950
Knight of the Order of St Olav (Norway) StOlav 1962? state visit of the King of Norway to Edinburgh 10.1962
Education: Uppingham; MA.
1938     entered RN
10.07.1939 - (10.1940) HMS York (cruiser)
(02.1941) - (12.1941) HMS Harvester (destroyer) *
(08.1942)     no appointment listed
08.09.1942 - (12.1943) HMS Volunteer (destroyer)
01.03.1944 - (06.)1944 HMS Cassandra (destroyer)
12.06.1944 - (01.)1945 First Lieutenant, HMS Cassandra (destroyer)
20.03.1945 - (04.1946) HMS Chevron (destroyer)
1950 - 1951 Commanding Officer, HMS Wrangler
1951     Commanding Officer, HMS Wilton
1954 - 1955 Commanding Officer, HMS Surprise
1960 - 1962 Captain, Fishery Protection Squadron
1964 - 1965 Commodore RN Barracks, Devonport [HMS Drake]
1966 - 1967 Commanding Officer, HMS Devonshire
1967 - 1968 Flag Officer, Admiralty Interview Board
1968 - 1970 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Headquarters, Brussels
Domestic Bursar and Fellow of St Edmund Hall, Oxford 1970-1988. FBIM.
Lethbridge,
Ernest Edward
E.E. Lethbridge (Photo courtesy of Mrs J.F. Wilby)

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03.06.1906
Bristol, Gloucestershire
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31.10.1973
Chichester, West Sussex
Boy 2nd class
07.10.1921 [P/J 104458]
Boy 1st class
04.06.1922
Ordinary Seaman
02.12.1923
Able Bodied Seaman
11.07.1925
Acting Leading Seaman
06.04.1932
Leading Seaman
06.04.1933
Acting Petty Officer
17.01.1935
Petty Officer
17.01.1936
Chief Petty Officer
07.10.1940
T/A/Gnr. (T)
15.02.1943
T/Gnr. (T)
04.08.1946 (reld 04.08.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
23.12.1939
attacked by enemy aircraft
Mention in Despatches MID
05.08.1941
sinking Italian convoy & escorts 16.04.1941
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
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Atlantic Star Atl St
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& France and Germany clasp